diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index b46b4417af..b8e28237d7 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2010-03-09  David S. Miller  <davem@davemloft.net>
+
+	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/dl-machine.h (elf_machine_rela): Handling
+	of R_SPARC_TLS_LE_* needs to use 32-bit loads and stores, not
+	64-bit ones.
+
 2009-10-27  Aurelien Jarno  <aurelien@aurel32.net>
 
 	[BZ #10855]
diff --git a/sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/dl-machine.h b/sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/dl-machine.h
index 3eee672912..bc76c67817 100644
--- a/sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/dl-machine.h
+++ b/sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/dl-machine.h
@@ -623,11 +623,13 @@ elf_machine_rela (struct link_map *map, const Elf64_Rela *reloc,
 	  value = sym->st_value - sym_map->l_tls_offset
 	    + reloc->r_addend;
 	  if (r_type == R_SPARC_TLS_LE_HIX22)
-	    *reloc_addr = (*reloc_addr & 0xffc00000)
-	      | (((~value) >> 10) & 0x3fffff);
+	    *(unsigned int *)reloc_addr =
+	      ((*(unsigned int *)reloc_addr & 0xffc00000)
+	       | (((~value) >> 10) & 0x3fffff));
 	  else
-	    *reloc_addr = (*reloc_addr & 0xffffe000) | (value & 0x3ff)
-	      | 0x1c00;
+	    *(unsigned int *)reloc_addr =
+	      ((*(unsigned int *)reloc_addr & 0xffffe000) | (value & 0x3ff)
+	       | 0x1c00);
 	}
       break;
 # endif