diff --git a/target-sparc/helper.c b/target-sparc/helper.c
index 18609c449c62d04d29197238aafc8972d08768c1..037a72ce4ef86ab25d480391c1691d9c9d264a40 100644
--- a/target-sparc/helper.c
+++ b/target-sparc/helper.c
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@ void helper_debug(CPUState *env)
     cpu_loop_exit(env);
 }
 
-void helper_shutdown(void)
-{
-#if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
-    qemu_system_shutdown_request();
-#endif
-}
-
 #ifdef TARGET_SPARC64
 target_ulong helper_popc(target_ulong val)
 {
diff --git a/target-sparc/helper.h b/target-sparc/helper.h
index faaf8dc7ada61c49aa2443273919722e054dc482..1f67b08065c022ef80c9ac491530ba652035850e 100644
--- a/target-sparc/helper.h
+++ b/target-sparc/helper.h
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ DEF_HELPER_1(fcmpeq_fcc2, void, env)
 DEF_HELPER_1(fcmpeq_fcc3, void, env)
 #endif
 DEF_HELPER_2(raise_exception, void, env, int)
-DEF_HELPER_0(shutdown, void)
 #define F_HELPER_0_1(name) DEF_HELPER_1(f ## name, void, env)
 
 DEF_HELPER_3(faddd, f64, env, f64, f64)
diff --git a/target-sparc/int32_helper.c b/target-sparc/int32_helper.c
index 3a749bf5dfeb9008a74f5a7c8150e7151cf7eae1..ac9d01ecbaf47a274ed7ded6aa1bbf4a8257096f 100644
--- a/target-sparc/int32_helper.c
+++ b/target-sparc/int32_helper.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 
 #include "cpu.h"
 #include "trace.h"
+#include "sysemu.h"
 
 //#define DEBUG_PCALL
 
@@ -100,8 +101,13 @@ void do_interrupt(CPUState *env)
 #endif
 #if !defined(CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
     if (env->psret == 0) {
-        cpu_abort(env, "Trap 0x%02x while interrupts disabled, Error state",
-                  env->exception_index);
+        if (env->exception_index == 0x80 &&
+            env->def->features & CPU_FEATURE_TA0_SHUTDOWN) {
+            qemu_system_shutdown_request();
+        } else {
+            cpu_abort(env, "Trap 0x%02x while interrupts disabled, Error state",
+                      env->exception_index);
+        }
         return;
     }
 #endif
diff --git a/target-sparc/translate.c b/target-sparc/translate.c
index 93185402fdc3c73b5078040cad892606bfae34c9..d26111209e388dee20f21e174db7b298a85d1171 100644
--- a/target-sparc/translate.c
+++ b/target-sparc/translate.c
@@ -2518,15 +2518,8 @@ static void disas_sparc_insn(DisasContext * dc)
                         tcg_gen_andi_tl(cpu_dst, cpu_dst, V8_TRAP_MASK);
                     tcg_gen_addi_tl(cpu_dst, cpu_dst, TT_TRAP);
                     tcg_gen_trunc_tl_i32(cpu_tmp32, cpu_dst);
+                    gen_helper_raise_exception(cpu_env, cpu_tmp32);
 
-                    if (rs2 == 0 &&
-                        dc->def->features & CPU_FEATURE_TA0_SHUTDOWN) {
-
-                        gen_helper_shutdown();
-
-                    } else {
-                        gen_helper_raise_exception(cpu_env, cpu_tmp32);
-                    }
                 } else if (cond != 0) {
                     TCGv r_cond = tcg_temp_new();
                     int l1;