diff --git a/eo/src/utils/eoLogger.cpp b/eo/src/utils/eoLogger.cpp
index 1dfcc2ea..39107612 100644
--- a/eo/src/utils/eoLogger.cpp
+++ b/eo/src/utils/eoLogger.cpp
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ int eoLogger::outbuf::overflow(int_type c)
       {
         if (_fd >= 0 && c != EOF)
           {
-              ssize_t	num;
+              size_t num;
               num = ::write(_fd, &c, 1);
           }
       }