Index: python-prctl-1.7/_prctlmodule.c
===================================================================
--- python-prctl-1.7.orig/_prctlmodule.c
+++ python-prctl-1.7/_prctlmodule.c
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ prctl_prctl(PyObject *self, PyObject *ar
 {
     long option = 0;
     long arg = 0;
+    int intarg = 0;
     char *argstr = NULL;
     char name[17] = "\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0\0";
     int result;
@@ -286,12 +287,12 @@ prctl_prctl(PyObject *self, PyObject *ar
 #ifdef PR_GET_TID_ADDRESS
         case(PR_GET_TID_ADDRESS):
 #endif
-            result = prctl(option, &arg, 0, 0, 0);
+            result = prctl(option, &intarg, 0, 0, 0);
             if(result < 0) {
                 PyErr_SetFromErrno(PyExc_OSError);
                 return NULL;
             }
-            return PyInt_FromLong(arg);
+            return PyInt_FromLong(intarg);
         case(PR_SET_NAME):
         case(PR_GET_NAME):
             result = prctl(option, name, 0, 0, 0);