diff --git a/src/ChangeLog b/src/ChangeLog
index 2aba406af37..27a229b0f68 100644
--- a/src/ChangeLog
+++ b/src/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-10-29  Mark Davies  <mark@mcs.vuw.ac.nz> (tiny change)
+
+	* ralloc.c (relinquish): Use a long for excess space counter to
+	handle 64-bit case correctly.
+
 2006-10-29  Jeramey Crawford  <jeramey@jeramey.com>
 
 	* m/amdx86-64.h: Add defines for OpenBSD x86-64.
diff --git a/src/ralloc.c b/src/ralloc.c
index fea9ea5d0a8..83a26dd35d6 100644
--- a/src/ralloc.c
+++ b/src/ralloc.c
@@ -330,7 +330,7 @@ static void
 relinquish ()
 {
   register heap_ptr h;
-  int excess = 0;
+  long excess = 0;
 
   /* Add the amount of space beyond break_value
      in all heaps which have extend beyond break_value at all.  */