diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index 80065141ca..2130f4f6a9 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-09-11	Jerry Needell <jerry.needell@unh.edu>
+
+	* libnetworking/netinet/in_cksum.c: Joel should have used int32_t not
+	uint32_t when removing warnings.
+
 2006-09-08	Ken Peters <ken.peters@jpl.nasa.gov>
 
 	PR 1170/rtems
diff --git a/cpukit/libnetworking/netinet/in_cksum.c b/cpukit/libnetworking/netinet/in_cksum.c
index 6f356b995b..833ac44357 100644
--- a/cpukit/libnetworking/netinet/in_cksum.c
+++ b/cpukit/libnetworking/netinet/in_cksum.c
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ in_cksum(m, len)
 	register uint32_t len;
 {
 	register u_short *w;
-	register uint32_t sum = 0;
-	register uint32_t mlen = 0;
+	register int32_t sum = 0;
+	register int32_t mlen = 0;
 	int byte_swapped = 0;
 
 	union {