diff --git a/c/src/lib/libcpu/sparc/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libcpu/sparc/ChangeLog
index 86b0a1caf7..96acb46165 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libcpu/sparc/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libcpu/sparc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2011-02-11	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* cache/cache.c:
+	Use "__asm__" instead of "asm" for improved c99-compliance.
+
 2011-02-02	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
 
 	* configure.ac: Require autoconf-2.68, automake-1.11.1.
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libcpu/sparc/cache/cache.c b/c/src/lib/libcpu/sparc/cache/cache.c
index 4b45302a88..84ce17191a 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libcpu/sparc/cache/cache.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libcpu/sparc/cache/cache.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 void _CPU_cache_invalidate_entire_instruction ( void )
 {
-  asm volatile ("flush");
+  __asm__ volatile ("flush");
 }
 
 /* XXX these need to be addressed */