diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog
index 1839ec9059..28ce55b68a 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2008-10-02	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
+
+	* shared/startup/bspgetworkarea.c: Change size_t to ssize_t on
+	bsp_get_work_area(). On 16-bit architectures, size_t can be 16-bits
+	which would limit the work area to 64K.
+
 2008-09-22	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
 
 	* shared/console/inch.c, shared/startup/panic.c: Use standardized
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/startup/bspgetworkarea.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/startup/bspgetworkarea.c
index ecf5abb4fe..5a2a196ad4 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/startup/bspgetworkarea.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/startup/bspgetworkarea.c
@@ -19,10 +19,10 @@ extern uintptr_t _bsp_sbrk_init(uintptr_t, uintptr_t*);
  *  Heap.
  */
 void bsp_get_work_area(
-  void   **work_area_start,
-  size_t  *work_area_size,
-  void   **heap_start,
-  size_t  *heap_size
+  void    **work_area_start,
+  ssize_t  *work_area_size,
+  void    **heap_start,
+  ssize_t  *heap_size
 )
 {
   uintptr_t work_size;