diff --git a/newlib/ChangeLog b/newlib/ChangeLog
index b3fcc5838..8d5df9f26 100644
--- a/newlib/ChangeLog
+++ b/newlib/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,8 @@
+2002-11-22  Vijay L. Khuspe  <vijayk1@kpit.com>
+
+	* libc/sys/h8300hms/read.c: Add support for normal mode
+	architecture.
+
 2002-11-20  Ryo Tsuruta  <ryo@kitanet.ne.jp>
 
 	* libc/machine/h8300/setjmp.S (setjmp, longjmp): Combine common
diff --git a/newlib/libc/sys/h8300hms/read.c b/newlib/libc/sys/h8300hms/read.c
index ba6b9e929..01316f951 100644
--- a/newlib/libc/sys/h8300hms/read.c
+++ b/newlib/libc/sys/h8300hms/read.c
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ int _read(file, ptr, len)
 	asm("mov.b %0, r0l"::  "i" (SYS_read)) ; /* Syscall Number */
 	asm("mov.w %0, r1" :: "r"((short)file) :"r1", "r2", "r3") ;
 	asm("mov.w %0, r3" :: "r"((short)len) :"r1", "r2", "r3") ;
-#ifdef __H8300__
+#if defined(__H8300__) || defined(__NORMAL_MODE__)
 	asm("mov.w %0, r2" :: "r"(ptr) :"r1", "r2", "r3") ;
 #else
 	asm("mov.l %0, er2" :: "r"(ptr) :"r1", "er2", "r3") ;