diff --git a/src/alsamixer.cxx b/src/alsamixer.cxx

index 9d81d87..e603582 100644

--- a/src/alsamixer.cxx

+++ b/src/alsamixer.cxx

@@ -2086,7 +2086,7 @@ static void

 mixer_signal_handler (int signal)

 {

   if (signal != SIGSEGV)

-    mixer_abort (ERR_SIGNAL, sys_siglist[signal], 0);

+    mixer_abort (ERR_SIGNAL, strsignal(signal), 0);

   else

     {

       fprintf (stderr, "\nSegmentation fault.\n");