diff --git a/target-ppc/cpu.h b/target-ppc/cpu.h
index e4d12163a1..791f305242 100644
--- a/target-ppc/cpu.h
+++ b/target-ppc/cpu.h
@@ -603,8 +603,8 @@ void ppc_store_asr (CPUPPCState *env, target_ulong value);
 target_ulong do_load_sr (CPUPPCState *env, int srnum);
 void do_store_sr (CPUPPCState *env, int srnum, target_ulong value);
 #endif
-uint32_t ppc_load_xer (CPUPPCState *env);
-void ppc_store_xer (CPUPPCState *env, uint32_t value);
+target_ulong ppc_load_xer (CPUPPCState *env);
+void ppc_store_xer (CPUPPCState *env, target_ulong value);
 target_ulong do_load_msr (CPUPPCState *env);
 void do_store_msr (CPUPPCState *env, target_ulong value);
 void ppc_store_msr_32 (CPUPPCState *env, uint32_t value);
diff --git a/target-ppc/helper.c b/target-ppc/helper.c
index 8b6bed1e51..4d629d41ff 100644
--- a/target-ppc/helper.c
+++ b/target-ppc/helper.c
@@ -1644,7 +1644,7 @@ void do_store_sr (CPUPPCState *env, int srnum, target_ulong value)
 }
 #endif /* !defined (CONFIG_USER_ONLY) */
 
-uint32_t ppc_load_xer (CPUPPCState *env)
+target_ulong ppc_load_xer (CPUPPCState *env)
 {
     return (xer_so << XER_SO) |
         (xer_ov << XER_OV) |
@@ -1653,7 +1653,7 @@ uint32_t ppc_load_xer (CPUPPCState *env)
         (xer_cmp << XER_CMP);
 }
 
-void ppc_store_xer (CPUPPCState *env, uint32_t value)
+void ppc_store_xer (CPUPPCState *env, target_ulong value)
 {
     xer_so = (value >> XER_SO) & 0x01;
     xer_ov = (value >> XER_OV) & 0x01;