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");