diff --git a/lib/libc/sparc64/sys/__sparc_utrap_align.c b/lib/libc/sparc64/sys/__sparc_utrap_align.c
index a66266ec4f0..9b59826263c 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sparc64/sys/__sparc_utrap_align.c
+++ b/lib/libc/sparc64/sys/__sparc_utrap_align.c
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ __unaligned_store(u_char *p, u_long val, int size)
 	int i;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < size; i++)
-		p[i] = val >> (i * 8);
+		p[i] = val >> ((size - i - 1) * 8);
 }
 
 int