diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 5bd57d0a720d7856a2e286ef4c7477d6d5baa072..a797afc34072b1306ab6e82ac9e10b1e419f1879 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -1032,6 +1032,9 @@ static abi_long do_pipe(void *cpu_env, abi_ulong pipedes,
 #elif defined(TARGET_SH4)
         ((CPUSH4State*)cpu_env)->gregs[1] = host_pipe[1];
         return host_pipe[0];
+#elif defined(TARGET_SPARC)
+        ((CPUSPARCState*)cpu_env)->regwptr[1] = host_pipe[1];
+        return host_pipe[0];
 #endif
     }