diff --git a/sim/common/ChangeLog b/sim/common/ChangeLog
index f4779ade3e4..ea0ce2070b0 100644
--- a/sim/common/ChangeLog
+++ b/sim/common/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2011-01-05  Mike Frysinger  <vapier@gentoo.org>
+
+	* sim-load.c (sim_load_file): Change buffer type to unsigned char *.
+
 2011-01-05  Joel Brobecker  <brobecker@adacore.com>
 
 	* run.1: Copyright year update.
diff --git a/sim/common/sim-load.c b/sim/common/sim-load.c
index ee794cef05a..698d1c172a8 100644
--- a/sim/common/sim-load.c
+++ b/sim/common/sim-load.c
@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ sim_load_file (sd, myname, callback, prog, prog_bfd, verbose_p, lma_p, do_write)
 	  size = bfd_get_section_size (s);
 	  if (size > 0)
 	    {
-	      char *buffer;
+	      unsigned char *buffer;
 	      bfd_vma lma;
 
 	      buffer = malloc (size);