diff --git a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_LIRAssembler_sparc.cpp b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_LIRAssembler_sparc.cpp
index 8304e40199445c5632e0878bead939e31fa853c8..1e02e0a68fd028e3949f8887f12dd06f6030f4a0 100644
--- a/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_LIRAssembler_sparc.cpp
+++ b/src/cpu/sparc/vm/c1_LIRAssembler_sparc.cpp
@@ -2717,7 +2717,7 @@ void LIR_Assembler::emit_compare_and_swap(LIR_OpCompareAndSwap* op) {
         __ encode_heap_oop(t2);
         __ cas(addr, t1, t2);
       } else {
-        __ casx(addr, t1, t2);
+        __ cas_ptr(addr, t1, t2);
       }
     } else {
       __ cas(addr, t1, t2);