diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index ade43e9..2093fc7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 2011-07-07  Herbert Xu <herbert@gondor.apana.org.au>
 
 	* Optimize dash -c "command" to avoid a fork.
+	* Eliminate unnecessary promotion in echocmd.
 
 2011-05-22  Jonathan Nieder <jrnieder@gmail.com>
 
diff --git a/src/bltin/printf.c b/src/bltin/printf.c
index b0c3774..893295c 100644
--- a/src/bltin/printf.c
+++ b/src/bltin/printf.c
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@
 	}
 
 	do {
-		char c;
+		int c;
 
 		nonl += conv_escape_str(*argv);
 		outstr(stackblock(), outs);