diff --git a/src/segment.c b/src/segment.c
index 87cbfbb5..3db4e813 100644
--- a/src/segment.c
+++ b/src/segment.c
@@ -921,7 +921,7 @@ void _mi_abandoned_reclaim_all(mi_heap_t* heap, mi_segments_tld_t* tld) {
 static long mi_segment_get_reclaim_tries(void) {
   // limit the tries to 10% (default) of the abandoned segments with at least 8 tries, and at most 1024.
   const size_t perc = (size_t)mi_option_get_clamp(mi_option_max_segment_reclaim, 0, 100);
-  if (perc <= 0) return NULL;
+  if (perc <= 0) return 0;
   const size_t abandoned_count = _mi_arena_segment_abandoned_count();
   const size_t relative_count = (abandoned_count > 10000 ? (abandoned_count / 100) * perc : (abandoned_count * perc) / 100); // avoid overflow
   long max_tries = (long)(relative_count < 8 ? 8 : (relative_count > 1024 ? 1024 : relative_count));