diff --git a/source/client/src/clientSml.c b/source/client/src/clientSml.c
index 8b5712a6199c1ec3557462da8d90d36fff113cb7..85cd0661e3a02aa0a7322571209f92d17ae35dd6 100644
--- a/source/client/src/clientSml.c
+++ b/source/client/src/clientSml.c
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ static int smlCompareKv(const void* p1, const void* p2) {
   SSmlKv* kv2 = (SSmlKv*)p2;
   int32_t kvLen1 = kv1->keyLen;
   int32_t kvLen2 = kv2->keyLen;
-  int32_t res = strncasecmp(kv1->key, kv2->key, MIN(kvLen1, kvLen2));
+  int32_t res = strncasecmp(kv1->key, kv2->key, TMIN(kvLen1, kvLen2));
   if (res != 0) {
     return res;
   } else {