diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace_64.c
index 901063c1cf7e..341129a40e94 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/ptrace_64.c
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ static int genregs64_set(struct task_struct *target,
 	}
 
 	if (!ret) {
-		unsigned long y;
+		unsigned long y = regs->y;
 
 		ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
 					 &y,