diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 430ead3616a..14f224d9a2f 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-10-29  Pawel Sikora  <pluto@pld-linux.org>
+
+	PR binutils/12075
+	* compress.c (bfd_compress_section_contents): Use uLong on
+	compressed_size.
+
 2010-10-29  Joseph Myers  <joseph@codesourcery.com>
 
 	* elf32-tic6x.c (elf32_tic6x_obj_attrs_arg_type): Check
diff --git a/bfd/compress.c b/bfd/compress.c
index 171de77f38e..bdaa3c47510 100644
--- a/bfd/compress.c
+++ b/bfd/compress.c
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ bfd_compress_section_contents (bfd *abfd ATTRIBUTE_UNUSED,
   bfd_set_error (bfd_error_invalid_operation);
   return FALSE;
 #else
-  bfd_size_type compressed_size;
+  uLong compressed_size;
   bfd_byte *compressed_buffer;
 
   compressed_size = compressBound (uncompressed_size) + 12;