diff --git a/src/mame/video/blktiger.c b/src/mame/video/blktiger.c
index 8f17dbbc202..381188c58f5 100644
--- a/src/mame/video/blktiger.c
+++ b/src/mame/video/blktiger.c
@@ -35,10 +35,10 @@ static TILE_GET_INFO( get_bg_tile_info )
 {
 	/* the tile priority table is a guess compiled by looking at the game. It
        was not derived from a PROM so it could be wrong. */
-	static const int split_table[16] =
+	static const UINT8 split_table[16] =
 	{
-		3,0,2,2,	/* the fourth could be 1 instead of 2 */
-		0,1,0,0,
+		3,3,0,0,
+		0,0,0,0,
 		0,0,0,0,
 		0,0,0,0
 	};