diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/leon2/ChangeLog b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/leon2/ChangeLog
index 3fda0bab47..bf57c515f2 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/leon2/ChangeLog
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/leon2/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2009-12-10	Ralf Corsépius <ralf.corsepius@rtems.org>
+
+	* console/console.c: Let bsp_in_char return int.
+
 2009-11-23	Joel Sherrill <joel.sherrill@OARcorp.com>
 
 	* Makefile.am: sparc/shared/bspstart.c was really leon2 specific. So
diff --git a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/leon2/console/console.c b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/leon2/console/console.c
index 8c55b8778a..4c924185fb 100644
--- a/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/leon2/console/console.c
+++ b/c/src/lib/libbsp/sparc/leon2/console/console.c
@@ -439,12 +439,12 @@ static void bsp_out_char (char c)
 
 BSP_output_char_function_type BSP_output_char = bsp_out_char;
 
-static char bsp_in_char(void)
+static int bsp_in_char(void)
 {
   int tmp;
 
   while ((tmp = console_inbyte_nonblocking(0)) < 0);
-  return (char) tmp;
+  return tmp;
 }
 
 BSP_polling_getchar_function_type BSP_poll_char = bsp_in_char;