diff --git a/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/ChangeLog
index b9f262a4f6..a2f1be312d 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2007-11-13	Till Straumann <strauman@slac.stanford.edu>
+	
+	* shared/include/byteorder.h: fixed wrong pointer-type
+	of ld_le32() (uint16_t* -> uint32_t*).
+
 2007-11-06	Till Straumann <strauman@slac.stanford.edu>
 
 	* mpc5xx/irq/irq.c, mpc5xx/exceptions/raw_exception.c,
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/shared/include/byteorder.h b/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/shared/include/byteorder.h
index d08ae6f195..446d214b80 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/shared/include/byteorder.h
+++ b/c/src/lib/libcpu/powerpc/shared/include/byteorder.h
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ extern __inline__ void st_le16(volatile uint16_t *addr, unsigned val)
 	__asm__ __volatile__ ("sthbrx %1,0,%2" : "=m" (*addr) : "r" (val), "r" (addr));
 }
 
-extern __inline__ unsigned ld_le32(volatile uint16_t *addr)
+extern __inline__ unsigned ld_le32(volatile uint32_t *addr)
 {
 	unsigned val;