diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cmpxchg_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cmpxchg_64.h
index faa2f61058c2..92f0a46ace78 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/cmpxchg_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/cmpxchg_64.h
@@ -40,7 +40,12 @@ static inline unsigned long xchg64(__volatile__ unsigned long *m, unsigned long
 	return val;
 }
 
-#define xchg(ptr,x) ((__typeof__(*(ptr)))__xchg((unsigned long)(x),(ptr),sizeof(*(ptr))))
+#define xchg(ptr,x)							\
+({	__typeof__(*(ptr)) __ret;					\
+	__ret = (__typeof__(*(ptr)))					\
+		__xchg((unsigned long)(x), (ptr), sizeof(*(ptr)));	\
+	__ret;								\
+})
 
 void __xchg_called_with_bad_pointer(void);