diff --git a/package/gcc/gcc.mk b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
index fe7167b2f3..50f2a3fcb7 100644
--- a/package/gcc/gcc.mk
+++ b/package/gcc/gcc.mk
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ HOST_GCC_COMMON_CONF_ENV = \
 GCC_COMMON_TARGET_CFLAGS = $(TARGET_CFLAGS)
 GCC_COMMON_TARGET_CXXFLAGS = $(TARGET_CXXFLAGS)
 
-# used to fix ../../../../libsanitizer/libbacktrace/../../libbacktrace/elf.c:772:21: error: ‘st.st_mode’ may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
+# used to fix ../../../../libsanitizer/libbacktrace/../../libbacktrace/elf.c:772:21: error: 'st.st_mode' may be used uninitialized in this function [-Werror=maybe-uninitialized]
 ifeq ($(BR2_ENABLE_DEBUG),y)
 GCC_COMMON_TARGET_CFLAGS += -Wno-error
 endif