diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/leon3/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/leon3/ChangeLog
index e1a2c8461b..bfb4c620b7 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/leon3/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/leon3/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2008-08-08	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>
+
+	* console/debugputs.c: Correct use of sparc_disable_interrupt and
+	sparc_enable_interrupt.
+
 2008-08-08	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>
 
 	* startup/linkcmds: All SPARC executables should include
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/leon3/console/debugputs.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/leon3/console/debugputs.c
index 066a584386..6aa480d21d 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/leon3/console/debugputs.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/leon3/console/debugputs.c
@@ -89,16 +89,16 @@ void DEBUG_puts(
 )
 {
   char *s;
-  /* unsigned32 old_level; */
+  uint32_t level;
 
   /* LEON_Disable_interrupt( LEON_INTERRUPT_UART_1_RX_TX, old_level ); */
-  sparc_disable_interrupts();
+  level = sparc_disable_interrupts();
   LEON3_Console_Uart[0]->ctrl = LEON_REG_UART_CTRL_TE;
     for ( s = string ; *s ; s++ ) 
       console_outbyte_polled( 0, *s );
 
     console_outbyte_polled( 0, '\r' );
     console_outbyte_polled( 0, '\n' );
-  sparc_enable_interrupts();  
+  sparc_enable_interrupts(level);
     /* LEON_Restore_interrupt( LEON_INTERRUPT_UART_1_RX_TX, old_level ); */
 }