diff --git a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h
index 1a5cfe463..b3b1c9018 100755
--- a/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h
+++ b/wolfssl/wolfcrypt/types.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@
 	    #endif
 	    typedef unsigned short word16;
 	    typedef unsigned int   word32;
-	    typedef unsigned char  word24[3];
+	    typedef byte           word24[3];
 	#endif