diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/ptrace.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/ptrace.h
index c7ad3fe2b25..b928b31424b 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/ptrace.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/ptrace.h
@@ -205,6 +205,7 @@ do {	current_thread_info()->syscall_noerror = 1; \
 } while (0)
 #define user_mode(regs) (!((regs)->tstate & TSTATE_PRIV))
 #define instruction_pointer(regs) ((regs)->tpc)
+#define instruction_pointer_set(regs, val) ((regs)->tpc = (val))
 #define user_stack_pointer(regs) ((regs)->u_regs[UREG_FP])
 #define regs_return_value(regs) ((regs)->u_regs[UREG_I0])
 #ifdef CONFIG_SMP