diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index abd1d0400..254c8303a 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2010-12-18  kashyap garimella <garimella.kashyap@gmail.com>
+
+	* grub-core/loader/i386/multiboot_mbi.c (grub_multiboot_load): Use
+	correct cat to grub_uint8_t * rather than grub_uint32_t *.
+
 2010-12-10  Colin Watson  <cjwatson@ubuntu.com>
 
 	* .bzrignore: Ignore grub-core/rs_decoder.S.
diff --git a/grub-core/loader/i386/multiboot_mbi.c b/grub-core/loader/i386/multiboot_mbi.c
index 79f72ee0f..e3f328494 100644
--- a/grub-core/loader/i386/multiboot_mbi.c
+++ b/grub-core/loader/i386/multiboot_mbi.c
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ grub_multiboot_load (grub_file_t file)
 	}
 
       if (header->bss_end_addr)
-	grub_memset ((grub_uint32_t *) source + load_size, 0,
+	grub_memset ((grub_uint8_t *) source + load_size, 0,
 		     header->bss_end_addr - header->load_addr - load_size);
 
       grub_multiboot_payload_eip = header->entry_addr;