diff --git a/testsuites/sptests/ChangeLog b/testsuites/sptests/ChangeLog
index 66ce86b35c..180fb47ea9 100644
--- a/testsuites/sptests/ChangeLog
+++ b/testsuites/sptests/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2009-07-06	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>
+
+	* spfatal12/init.c: Address to heap initialize must be aligned but size
+	must be too small.
+
 2009-07-06	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am, configure.ac: Add new test to exercise case when
diff --git a/testsuites/sptests/spfatal12/init.c b/testsuites/sptests/spfatal12/init.c
index 2b9d9b7edd..b093b540cb 100644
--- a/testsuites/sptests/spfatal12/init.c
+++ b/testsuites/sptests/spfatal12/init.c
@@ -19,7 +19,6 @@ rtems_task Init(
   puts( "\n\n*** TEST FATAL 12 ***" );
 
   puts( "_Heap_Initialize fails during RTEMS initialization" );
-  Configuration.work_space_start = (void *)0x03;
   Configuration.work_space_size  = sizeof(void *);
   rtems_initialize_data_structures();
 }