diff --git a/src/wallet/wallet.h b/src/wallet/wallet.h
index cf388ad82..984be3e30 100644
--- a/src/wallet/wallet.h
+++ b/src/wallet/wallet.h
@@ -444,7 +444,7 @@ public:
      * on this bitcoin node, and set to 0 for transactions that were created
      * externally and came in through the network or sendrawtransaction RPC.
      */
-    char fFromMe;
+    bool fFromMe;
     int64_t nOrderPos; //!< position in ordered transaction list
     std::multimap<int64_t, CWalletTx*>::const_iterator m_it_wtxOrdered;
 
@@ -501,8 +501,8 @@ public:
 
         std::vector<char> dummy_vector1; //!< Used to be vMerkleBranch
         std::vector<char> dummy_vector2; //!< Used to be vtxPrev
-        char dummy_char = false; //!< Used to be fSpent
-        s << tx << hashBlock << dummy_vector1 << nIndex << dummy_vector2 << mapValueCopy << vOrderForm << fTimeReceivedIsTxTime << nTimeReceived << fFromMe << dummy_char;
+        bool dummy_bool = false; //!< Used to be fSpent
+        s << tx << hashBlock << dummy_vector1 << nIndex << dummy_vector2 << mapValueCopy << vOrderForm << fTimeReceivedIsTxTime << nTimeReceived << fFromMe << dummy_bool;
     }
 
     template<typename Stream>
@@ -512,8 +512,8 @@ public:
 
         std::vector<uint256> dummy_vector1; //!< Used to be vMerkleBranch
         std::vector<CMerkleTx> dummy_vector2; //!< Used to be vtxPrev
-        char dummy_char; //! Used to be fSpent
-        s >> tx >> hashBlock >> dummy_vector1 >> nIndex >> dummy_vector2 >> mapValue >> vOrderForm >> fTimeReceivedIsTxTime >> nTimeReceived >> fFromMe >> dummy_char;
+        bool dummy_bool; //! Used to be fSpent
+        s >> tx >> hashBlock >> dummy_vector1 >> nIndex >> dummy_vector2 >> mapValue >> vOrderForm >> fTimeReceivedIsTxTime >> nTimeReceived >> fFromMe >> dummy_bool;
 
         ReadOrderPos(nOrderPos, mapValue);
         nTimeSmart = mapValue.count("timesmart") ? (unsigned int)atoi64(mapValue["timesmart"]) : 0;