diff --git a/arch/sparc64/lib/user_fixup.c b/arch/sparc64/lib/user_fixup.c
index 19d1fdb17d0e8b4f5b3ac6ce0a72fe7c11c65a6b..05a361b0a1a40e6d87ad6c86d59ab464fd48e4c5 100644
--- a/arch/sparc64/lib/user_fixup.c
+++ b/arch/sparc64/lib/user_fixup.c
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static unsigned long compute_size(unsigned long start, unsigned long size, unsig
 	if (fault_addr < start || fault_addr >= end) {
 		*offset = 0;
 	} else {
-		*offset = start - fault_addr;
+		*offset = fault_addr - start;
 		size = end - fault_addr;
 	}
 	return size;