diff --git a/libgloss/ChangeLog b/libgloss/ChangeLog
index e747db1a8..bd4a28d4f 100644
--- a/libgloss/ChangeLog
+++ b/libgloss/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2006-12-18  Ben Elliston  <bje@au.ibm.com>
+
+       * spu/stat.c (stat): Cast new sys.pathname value to unsigned int.
+
 2006-12-13  Ben Elliston  <bje@au.ibm.com>
 
         * libnosys/_exit.c (_exit): Finish with an infinite loop to
diff --git a/libgloss/spu/stat.c b/libgloss/spu/stat.c
index 05e64ac3b..5dbae8ac8 100644
--- a/libgloss/spu/stat.c
+++ b/libgloss/spu/stat.c
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ stat (const char *pathname, struct stat *pstat)
 	syscall_out_t   *psys_out = ( syscall_out_t* )&sys;
 	jsre_stat_t pjstat;
 
-	sys.pathname = pathname;
+	sys.pathname = (unsigned int)pathname;
 	sys.ptr = ( unsigned int )&pjstat;
 
 	_send_to_ppe (JSRE_POSIX1_SIGNALCODE, JSRE_STAT, &sys);