diff --git a/linux-user/ppc/signal.c b/linux-user/ppc/signal.c
index ec0b9c0df3..ce5a4682cd 100644
--- a/linux-user/ppc/signal.c
+++ b/linux-user/ppc/signal.c
@@ -229,7 +229,7 @@ static void save_user_regs(CPUPPCState *env, struct target_mcontext *frame)
 {
     target_ulong msr = env->msr;
     int i;
-    target_ulong ccr = 0;
+    uint32_t ccr = 0;
 
     /* In general, the kernel attempts to be intelligent about what it
        needs to save for Altivec/FP/SPE registers.  We don't care that