diff --git a/cpukit/ChangeLog b/cpukit/ChangeLog
index 3d7fa3a036..6cd5597da1 100644
--- a/cpukit/ChangeLog
+++ b/cpukit/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2006-08-29	Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
+
+	* score/include/rtems/score/object.h: _Objects_Local_node is a uint16_t
+	so cast the _Objects_Local_node constant to 1.
+
 2006-08-29	Joel Sherrill <joel@OARcorp.com>
 
 	* libfs/src/dosfs/fat.h, libfs/src/dosfs/msdos.h,
diff --git a/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/object.h b/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/object.h
index 2a9c0b0280..1cc37c7965 100644
--- a/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/object.h
+++ b/cpukit/score/include/rtems/score/object.h
@@ -355,9 +355,9 @@ typedef struct {
  *  The following is referenced to the node number of the local node.
  */
 #if defined(RTEMS_MULTIPROCESSING)
-SCORE_EXTERN uint16_t    _Objects_Local_node;
+SCORE_EXTERN uint16_t       _Objects_Local_node;
 #else
-#define _Objects_Local_node    1
+#define _Objects_Local_node ((uint16_t)1)
 #endif
 
 /**