diff --git a/ext/iconv/iconv.c b/ext/iconv/iconv.c
index cdf13887f34..44aee0fb270 100644
--- a/ext/iconv/iconv.c
+++ b/ext/iconv/iconv.c
@@ -1731,7 +1731,8 @@ PHP_FUNCTION(ob_iconv_handler)
 	char *out_buffer, *content_type, *mimetype = NULL, *s;
 	zval *zv_string;
 	unsigned int out_len;
-	int status, mimetype_alloced  = 0;
+	int mimetype_alloced  = 0;
+	long status;
 
 	if (zend_parse_parameters(ZEND_NUM_ARGS() TSRMLS_CC, "zl", &zv_string, &status) == FAILURE)
 		return;