diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/ChangeLog
index 85264c7610..87735ba768 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-05-08	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
+
+	* shared/bspgetworkarea.c: Switch from ssize_t to uintptr_t for
+	bsp_get_work_area() since the work area is larger than a single
+	allocatable object.
+
 2009-05-03	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
 
 	* shared/start.S: Checked and OK.
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/shared/bspgetworkarea.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/shared/bspgetworkarea.c
index 9b92eb6b3e..7b6cf76d7b 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/shared/bspgetworkarea.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/shared/bspgetworkarea.c
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ extern uint32_t rdb_start;
  *  Heap.
  */
 void bsp_get_work_area(
-  void    **work_area_start,
-  ssize_t  *work_area_size,
-  void    **heap_start,
-  ssize_t  *heap_size
+  void      **work_area_start,
+  uintptr_t  *work_area_size,
+  void      **heap_start,
+  uintptr_t  *heap_size
 )
 {
   /* must be identical to STACK_SIZE in start.S */