diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog
index 095eaa38dd..e7a9006bae 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2009-05-08	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@oarcorp.com>
+
+	* shared/startup/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.
+
 2009-05-05	Jennifer Averett <jennifer.averett@OARcorp.com>
 
 	* shared/pci/pci.c: Removed warnings.
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/startup/bspgetworkarea.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/startup/bspgetworkarea.c
index 9ad049767f..f30bf44261 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/startup/bspgetworkarea.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/powerpc/shared/startup/bspgetworkarea.c
@@ -24,10 +24,10 @@ extern uintptr_t _bsp_sbrk_init(uintptr_t, uintptr_t*);
  *  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
 )
 {
   uintptr_t work_size;