diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 7aa2c1d7206f371f7cb3ed60813ee3c93e0e1f33..116e4635688ff7656590274aeff3351d32975ac2 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -658,7 +658,7 @@ static inline int next_free_host_timer(void)
 static inline int regpairs_aligned(void *cpu_env) {
     return ((((CPUARMState *)cpu_env)->eabi) == 1) ;
 }
-#elif defined(TARGET_MIPS)
+#elif defined(TARGET_MIPS) && (TARGET_ABI_BITS == 32)
 static inline int regpairs_aligned(void *cpu_env) { return 1; }
 #elif defined(TARGET_PPC) && !defined(TARGET_PPC64)
 /* SysV AVI for PPC32 expects 64bit parameters to be passed on odd/even pairs