diff --git a/tasmota/tasmota_xsns_sensor/xsns_53_sml.ino b/tasmota/tasmota_xsns_sensor/xsns_53_sml.ino
index 59998d7fc27e..f5d555445699 100755
--- a/tasmota/tasmota_xsns_sensor/xsns_53_sml.ino
+++ b/tasmota/tasmota_xsns_sensor/xsns_53_sml.ino
@@ -2033,7 +2033,7 @@ void SML_Decode(uint8_t index) {
               } else {
                 mp++;
                 if (isdigit(*mp)) {
-                  uint8_t skip = strtol((char*)mp, (char**)&mp, 10);
+                  uint16_t skip = strtol((char*)mp, (char**)&mp, 10);
                   cp += skip;
                 }
               }