diff --git a/gdb/ChangeLog b/gdb/ChangeLog
index daa4089763..36e8af356b 100644
--- a/gdb/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2013-03-07  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
+
+	* breakpoint.c.c (breakpoint_xfer_memory): Change type of local to
+	int.
+
 2013-03-07  Pedro Alves  <palves@redhat.com>
 
 	* stap-probe.c (handle_stap_probe): Add cast to char*.
diff --git a/gdb/breakpoint.c b/gdb/breakpoint.c
index fb57a57d88..d71bb36cad 100644
--- a/gdb/breakpoint.c
+++ b/gdb/breakpoint.c
@@ -1567,7 +1567,7 @@ breakpoint_xfer_memory (gdb_byte *readbuf, gdb_byte *writebuf,
 	struct gdbarch *gdbarch = bl->gdbarch;
 	const unsigned char *bp;
 	CORE_ADDR placed_address = bl->target_info.placed_address;
-	unsigned placed_size = bl->target_info.placed_size;
+	int placed_size = bl->target_info.placed_size;
 
 	/* Update the shadow with what we want to write to memory.  */
 	memcpy (bl->target_info.shadow_contents + bptoffset,