diff --git a/core/src/utils/CommonUtil.cpp b/core/src/utils/CommonUtil.cpp
index 92882cb4801b3549803674ae5b49087d9cd1512f..361a06b029328b5b7b18f92c83eab5ab719c8fa0 100644
--- a/core/src/utils/CommonUtil.cpp
+++ b/core/src/utils/CommonUtil.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ std::string
 CommonUtil::GetExePath() {
     const size_t buf_len = 1024;
     char buf[buf_len];
-    size_t cnt = readlink("/proc/self/exe", buf, buf_len);
+    ssize_t cnt = readlink("/proc/self/exe", buf, buf_len);
     fiu_do_on("CommonUtil.GetExePath.readlink_fail", cnt = -1);
     if (cnt < 0 || cnt >= buf_len) {
         return "";