diff --git a/lib/vsprintf.c b/lib/vsprintf.c
index dc16743770094e06761a1a5110e1560c731a0ebf..708e505ce81fc5573ba0d48e53293237a8846f51 100644
--- a/lib/vsprintf.c
+++ b/lib/vsprintf.c
@@ -843,7 +843,7 @@ static int format_decode(const char *fmt, struct printf_spec *spec)
 				spec->precision = 0;
 		} else if (*fmt == '*') {
 			/* it's the next argument */
-			spec->type = FORMAT_TYPE_WITDH;
+			spec->type = FORMAT_TYPE_PRECISION;
 			return ++fmt - start;
 		}
 	}