diff --git a/src/battle_controller_player.c b/src/battle_controller_player.c
index 059836561c..e56207507b 100644
--- a/src/battle_controller_player.c
+++ b/src/battle_controller_player.c
@@ -2236,7 +2236,7 @@ void PlayerHandleExpUpdate(u32 battler)
 
 static void PlayerHandleStatusXor(u32 battler)
 {
-    u8 val = GetMonData(&gPlayerParty[gBattlerPartyIndexes[battler]], MON_DATA_STATUS) ^ gBattleResources->bufferA[battler][1];
+    u32 val = GetMonData(&gPlayerParty[gBattlerPartyIndexes[battler]], MON_DATA_STATUS) ^ gBattleResources->bufferA[battler][1];
 
     SetMonData(&gPlayerParty[gBattlerPartyIndexes[battler]], MON_DATA_STATUS, &val);
     PlayerBufferExecCompleted(battler);