diff --git a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c
index 0dc1f578608131002da0b869dcfa7c56b4b149e3..11c6c9603e71f03995a3c17fcdf2f28957d7fa43 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c
+++ b/arch/sparc/kernel/sys_sparc_64.c
@@ -502,12 +502,12 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(sparc64_personality, unsigned long, personality)
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (current->personality == PER_LINUX32 &&
-	    personality == PER_LINUX)
-		personality = PER_LINUX32;
+	if (personality(current->personality) == PER_LINUX32 &&
+	    personality(personality) == PER_LINUX)
+		personality |= PER_LINUX32;
 	ret = sys_personality(personality);
-	if (ret == PER_LINUX32)
-		ret = PER_LINUX;
+	if (personality(ret) == PER_LINUX32)
+		ret &= ~PER_LINUX32;
 
 	return ret;
 }