diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 76e2767086..6b1369a357 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2018-02-05  H.J. Lu  <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
+
+	[BZ #22638]
+	* sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/start.S (_start): Check PIC instead of
+	SHARED.
+
 2018-02-01  Dmitry V. Levin  <ldv@altlinux.org>
 
 	* version.h (RELEASE): Set to "stable".
diff --git a/sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/start.S b/sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/start.S
index 1db7327fc6..46ba8b6afa 100644
--- a/sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/start.S
+++ b/sysdeps/sparc/sparc32/start.S
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 	.global _start
 	.type _start,#function
 _start:
-#ifdef SHARED
+#ifdef PIC
 	SETUP_PIC_REG(l7)
 #endif
 
@@ -57,7 +57,7 @@ _start:
 	add	%sp, 23*4, %o2
 
   /* Load the addresses of the user entry points.  */
-#ifndef SHARED
+#ifndef PIC
 	sethi	%hi(main), %o0
 	sethi	%hi(__libc_csu_init), %o3
 	sethi	%hi(__libc_csu_fini), %o4
diff --git a/sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/start.S b/sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/start.S
index e1865f10cb..75ff5093dc 100644
--- a/sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/start.S
+++ b/sysdeps/sparc/sparc64/start.S
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
 	.global _start
 	.type _start,#function
 _start:
-#ifdef SHARED
+#ifdef PIC
 	SETUP_PIC_REG(l7)
 #endif
 
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ _start:
 	add	%sp, STACK_BIAS+23*8, %o2
 
   /* Load the addresses of the user entry points.  */
-#ifndef SHARED
+#ifndef PIC
 	sethi	%hi(main), %o0
 	sethi	%hi(__libc_csu_init), %o3
 	sethi	%hi(__libc_csu_fini), %o4