diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sysdep.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sysdep.h
index 0c32780d9c..67efa6f029 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sysdep.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/sparc/sysdep.h
@@ -34,13 +34,6 @@
 
 #else	/* __ASSEMBLER__ */
 
-#define INTERNAL_VSYSCALL_CALL(funcptr, err, nr, args...)		\
-  ({									\
-    long _ret = funcptr (args);						\
-    err = ((unsigned long) (_ret) >= (unsigned long) -4095L);		\
-    _ret;								\
-  })
-
 # define VDSO_NAME  "LINUX_2.6"
 # define VDSO_HASH  61765110
 
@@ -65,112 +58,111 @@
 })
 
 #undef INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL
-#define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL(err) \
-	register long err __asm__("g1");
+#define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL(err) do { } while (0)
 
 #undef INTERNAL_SYSCALL
 #define INTERNAL_SYSCALL(name, err, nr, args...) \
-  inline_syscall##nr(__SYSCALL_STRING, err, __NR_##name, args)
+  internal_syscall##nr(__SYSCALL_STRING, err, __NR_##name, args)
 
 #undef INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS
 #define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_NCS(name, err, nr, args...) \
-  inline_syscall##nr(__SYSCALL_STRING, err, name, args)
+  internal_syscall##nr(__SYSCALL_STRING, err, name, args)
 
 #undef INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P
 #define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P(val, err) \
-  ((void) (val), __builtin_expect((err) != 0, 0))
+  ((unsigned long) (val) >= (unsigned long) -4095)
 
 #undef INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO
 #define INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO(val, err)	(-(val))
 
-#define inline_syscall0(string,err,name,dummy...)			\
+#define internal_syscall0(string,err,name,dummy...)			\
 ({									\
+	register long __err __asm__("g1") = (name);			\
 	register long __o0 __asm__ ("o0");				\
-	err = name;							\
-	__asm __volatile (string : "=r" (err), "=r" (__o0) :		\
-			  "0" (err) :					\
+	__asm __volatile (string : "=r" (__err), "=r" (__o0) :		\
+			  "0" (__err) :					\
 			  __SYSCALL_CLOBBERS);				\
-	__o0;								\
+	__err == -1 ? -__o0 : __o0;					\
 })
 
-#define inline_syscall1(string,err,name,arg1)				\
+#define internal_syscall1(string,err,name,arg1)				\
 ({									\
+	register long __err __asm__("g1") = (name);			\
 	register long __o0 __asm__ ("o0") = (long)(arg1);		\
-	err = name;							\
-	__asm __volatile (string : "=r" (err), "=r" (__o0) :		\
-			  "0" (err), "1" (__o0) :			\
+	__asm __volatile (string : "=r" (__err), "=r" (__o0) :		\
+			  "0" (__err), "1" (__o0) :			\
 			  __SYSCALL_CLOBBERS);				\
-	__o0;								\
+	__err == -1 ? -__o0 : __o0;					\
 })
 
-#define inline_syscall2(string,err,name,arg1,arg2)			\
+#define internal_syscall2(string,err,name,arg1,arg2)			\
 ({									\
+	register long __err __asm__("g1") = (name);			\
 	register long __o0 __asm__ ("o0") = (long)(arg1);		\
 	register long __o1 __asm__ ("o1") = (long)(arg2);		\
-	err = name;							\
-	__asm __volatile (string : "=r" (err), "=r" (__o0) :		\
-			  "0" (err), "1" (__o0), "r" (__o1) :		\
+	__asm __volatile (string : "=r" (__err), "=r" (__o0) :		\
+			  "0" (__err), "1" (__o0), "r" (__o1) :		\
 			  __SYSCALL_CLOBBERS);				\
-	__o0;								\
+	__err == -1 ? -__o0 : __o0;					\
 })
 
-#define inline_syscall3(string,err,name,arg1,arg2,arg3)			\
+#define internal_syscall3(string,err,name,arg1,arg2,arg3)		\
 ({									\
+	register long __err __asm__("g1") = (name);			\
 	register long __o0 __asm__ ("o0") = (long)(arg1);		\
 	register long __o1 __asm__ ("o1") = (long)(arg2);		\
 	register long __o2 __asm__ ("o2") = (long)(arg3);		\
-	err = name;							\
-	__asm __volatile (string : "=r" (err), "=r" (__o0) :		\
-			  "0" (err), "1" (__o0), "r" (__o1),		\
+	__asm __volatile (string : "=r" (__err), "=r" (__o0) :		\
+			  "0" (__err), "1" (__o0), "r" (__o1),		\
 			  "r" (__o2) :					\
 			  __SYSCALL_CLOBBERS);				\
-	__o0;								\
+	__err == -1 ? -__o0 : __o0;					\
 })
 
-#define inline_syscall4(string,err,name,arg1,arg2,arg3,arg4)		\
+#define internal_syscall4(string,err,name,arg1,arg2,arg3,arg4)		\
 ({									\
+	register long __err __asm__("g1") = (name);			\
 	register long __o0 __asm__ ("o0") = (long)(arg1);		\
 	register long __o1 __asm__ ("o1") = (long)(arg2);		\
 	register long __o2 __asm__ ("o2") = (long)(arg3);		\
 	register long __o3 __asm__ ("o3") = (long)(arg4);		\
-	err = name;							\
-	__asm __volatile (string : "=r" (err), "=r" (__o0) :		\
-			  "0" (err), "1" (__o0), "r" (__o1),		\
+	__asm __volatile (string : "=r" (__err), "=r" (__o0) :		\
+			  "0" (__err), "1" (__o0), "r" (__o1),		\
 			  "r" (__o2), "r" (__o3) :			\
 			  __SYSCALL_CLOBBERS);				\
-	__o0;								\
+	__err == -1 ? -__o0 : __o0;					\
 })
 
-#define inline_syscall5(string,err,name,arg1,arg2,arg3,arg4,arg5)	\
+#define internal_syscall5(string,err,name,arg1,arg2,arg3,arg4,arg5)	\
 ({									\
+	register long __err __asm__("g1") = (name);			\
 	register long __o0 __asm__ ("o0") = (long)(arg1);		\
 	register long __o1 __asm__ ("o1") = (long)(arg2);		\
 	register long __o2 __asm__ ("o2") = (long)(arg3);		\
 	register long __o3 __asm__ ("o3") = (long)(arg4);		\
 	register long __o4 __asm__ ("o4") = (long)(arg5);		\
-	err = name;							\
-	__asm __volatile (string : "=r" (err), "=r" (__o0) :		\
-			  "0" (err), "1" (__o0), "r" (__o1),		\
+	__asm __volatile (string : "=r" (__err), "=r" (__o0) :		\
+			  "0" (__err), "1" (__o0), "r" (__o1),		\
 			  "r" (__o2), "r" (__o3), "r" (__o4) :		\
 			  __SYSCALL_CLOBBERS);				\
-	__o0;								\
+	__err == -1 ? -__o0 : __o0;					\
 })
 
-#define inline_syscall6(string,err,name,arg1,arg2,arg3,arg4,arg5,arg6)	\
+#define internal_syscall6(string,err,name,arg1,arg2,arg3,arg4,arg5,arg6)\
 ({									\
+	register long __err __asm__("g1") = (name);			\
 	register long __o0 __asm__ ("o0") = (long)(arg1);		\
 	register long __o1 __asm__ ("o1") = (long)(arg2);		\
 	register long __o2 __asm__ ("o2") = (long)(arg3);		\
 	register long __o3 __asm__ ("o3") = (long)(arg4);		\
 	register long __o4 __asm__ ("o4") = (long)(arg5);		\
 	register long __o5 __asm__ ("o5") = (long)(arg6);		\
-	err = name;							\
-	__asm __volatile (string : "=r" (err), "=r" (__o0) :		\
-			  "0" (err), "1" (__o0), "r" (__o1),		\
+	__asm __volatile (string : "=r" (__err), "=r" (__o0) :		\
+			  "0" (__err), "1" (__o0), "r" (__o1),		\
 			  "r" (__o2), "r" (__o3), "r" (__o4),		\
 			  "r" (__o5) :					\
 			  __SYSCALL_CLOBBERS);				\
-	__o0;								\
+	__err == -1 ? -__o0 : __o0;					\
 })
 
 #define INLINE_CLONE_SYSCALL(arg1,arg2,arg3,arg4,arg5)			\
@@ -186,9 +178,9 @@
 			  "0" (__g1), "1" (__o0), "2" (__o1),		\
 			  "r" (__o2), "r" (__o3), "r" (__o4) :		\
 			  __SYSCALL_CLOBBERS);				\
-	if (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (__o0, __g1))			\
+	if (__glibc_unlikely (__g1 != 0)) 				\
 	  {		     			       		   	\
-	    __set_errno (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO (__o0, __g1));		\
+	    __set_errno (__o0);						\
 	    __o0 = -1L;			    				\
 	  } 	      							\
 	else								\
