diff --git a/plugins/sndio/sndio-input.c b/plugins/sndio/sndio-input.c
index e1e6bce038bf978c531fe81858bbbedd71a46d30..d586e6abfd069fab04efcc3c7719f1183199a889 100644
--- a/plugins/sndio/sndio-input.c
+++ b/plugins/sndio/sndio-input.c
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ along with this program.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 
 #define berr(level, msg, ...)                                   \
 	do {                                                    \
-		const char *errstr = strerror_l(errno, NULL);   \
+		const char *errstr = strerror(errno);           \
 		blog(level, msg ": %s", ##__VA_ARGS__, errstr); \
 	} while (0)