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diff --git a/nuttx/include/sys/types.h b/nuttx/include/sys/types.h
index 2ae69d4a7..95feee72e 100644
--- a/nuttx/include/sys/types.h
+++ b/nuttx/include/sys/types.h
@@ -154,7 +154,9 @@ typedef uint16_t dev_t;
typedef uint16_t ino_t;
-/* pid_t is used for process IDs and process group IDs */
+/* pid_t is used for process IDs and process group IDs. It must be signed because
+ * negative PID values are used to represent invalid PIDs.
+ */
typedef int pid_t;