diff --git a/src/jltypes.c b/src/jltypes.c
index faf83721c903c..cda47118541dd 100644
--- a/src/jltypes.c
+++ b/src/jltypes.c
@@ -3683,7 +3683,7 @@ void jl_init_types(void) JL_GC_DISABLED
                             jl_uint16_type,
                             jl_uint16_type,
                             //jl_bool_type,
-                            jl_bool_type,
+                            jl_uint8_type,
                             jl_bool_type,
                             jl_any_type, jl_any_type), // fptrs
                         jl_emptysvec,