diff --git a/include/asm-ia64/sal.h b/include/asm-ia64/sal.h
index 29df88bdd2bc..313cad0628d0 100644
--- a/include/asm-ia64/sal.h
+++ b/include/asm-ia64/sal.h
@@ -320,7 +320,8 @@ typedef struct sal_log_timestamp {
 typedef struct sal_log_record_header {
 	u64 id;				/* Unique monotonically increasing ID */
 	sal_log_revision_t revision;	/* Major and Minor revision of header */
-	u16 severity;			/* Error Severity */
+	u8 severity;			/* Error Severity */
+	u8 validation_bits;		/* 0: platform_guid, 1: !timestamp */
 	u32 len;			/* Length of this error log in bytes */
 	sal_log_timestamp_t timestamp;	/* Timestamp */
 	efi_guid_t platform_guid;	/* Unique OEM Platform ID */