diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/syscall.h
index 49f71fd5b56e..1757cd6c521b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 
 #include <uapi/linux/audit.h>
 #include <linux/kernel.h>
+#include <linux/compat.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <asm/ptrace.h>
 #include <asm/thread_info.h>
@@ -128,7 +129,13 @@ static inline void syscall_set_arguments(struct task_struct *task,
 
 static inline int syscall_get_arch(void)
 {
-	return is_32bit_task() ? AUDIT_ARCH_SPARC : AUDIT_ARCH_SPARC64;
+#if defined(CONFIG_SPARC64) && defined(CONFIG_COMPAT)
+	return in_compat_syscall() ? AUDIT_ARCH_SPARC : AUDIT_ARCH_SPARC64;
+#elif defined(CONFIG_SPARC64)
+	return AUDIT_ARCH_SPARC64;
+#else
+	return AUDIT_ARCH_SPARC;
+#endif
 }
 
 #endif /* __ASM_SPARC_SYSCALL_H */