diff --git a/libs/libc/stdio/lib_getdelim.c b/libs/libc/stdio/lib_getdelim.c
index 0a1d6081262..4b63da1acfe 100644
--- a/libs/libc/stdio/lib_getdelim.c
+++ b/libs/libc/stdio/lib_getdelim.c
@@ -55,10 +55,10 @@
 #undef HAVE_GETLINE
 #if defined(CONFIG_EOL_IS_CR)
 #  define HAVE_GETLINE 1
-#  define EOLCH        '/r'
+#  define EOLCH        '\r'
 #elif defined(CONFIG_EOL_IS_LF)
 #  define HAVE_GETLINE 1
-#  define EOLCH        '/n'
+#  define EOLCH        '\n'
 #endif
 
 #define BUFSIZE_INIT   64