diff --git a/boot/sparc64/ieee1275/boot.S b/boot/sparc64/ieee1275/boot.S
index 4008b1b54..f08258f47 100644
--- a/boot/sparc64/ieee1275/boot.S
+++ b/boot/sparc64/ieee1275/boot.S
@@ -45,8 +45,9 @@ boot_version:		.byte	GRUB_BOOT_VERSION_MAJOR, GRUB_BOOT_VERSION_MINOR
 	 * load address plus the size of the prepended A.OUT header (32 bytes).
 	 */
 boot_path:
-	. = _start + GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_KERNEL_SECTOR
-kernel_sector:		.xword 2
+	. = _start + GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_KERNEL_BYTE
+boot_path_end:
+kernel_byte:		.xword (2 << 9)
 kernel_address:		.word  GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_KERNEL_ADDR
 
 prom_finddev_name:	.asciz "finddevice"
@@ -77,11 +78,23 @@ prom_error:
 	/* %o0: OF call name
 	 * %o1: input arg 1
 	 */
-prom_call_1_1:
-	mov	1, %g1
-	ba	prom_call
-	 mov	1, %o5
+prom_call_1_1_o2:
+	clr	%o2
+	ba	prom_call_x_1
+	 mov	1, %g1
 
+prom_call_getprop:
+	mov	4, %g1
+	stx	%g1, [%l1 + 256]
+	mov	CHOSEN_NODE_REG, %o1
+	ba	prom_call_x_1
+	 GET_ABS(prom_getprop_name, %o0)
+
+prom_call_3_1_o1:
+	ba prom_call_3_1
+	 mov	BOOTDEV_REG, %o1
+
+	
 	/* %o2: message string
 	 * %o3: message length
 	 */
@@ -95,8 +108,9 @@ console_write:
 	 * %o2: input arg 2
 	 * %o3: input arg 3
 	 */
-prom_call_3_1:
+prom_call_3_1:	
 	mov	3, %g1
+prom_call_x_1:
 	mov	1, %o5
 	/* fallthru */
 
@@ -126,23 +140,17 @@ boot_continue:
 	 * chosen_node = prom_finddevice("/chosen")
 	 */
 	GET_ABS(prom_finddev_name, %o0)
-	GET_ABS(prom_chosen_path, %o1)
-	call	prom_call_1_1
-	 clr	%o2
+	call	prom_call_1_1_o2
+	 GET_ABS(prom_chosen_path, %o1)
 
 	ldx	[%l1 + 0x20], CHOSEN_NODE_REG
 	brz	CHOSEN_NODE_REG, prom_error
 
 	/* getprop(chosen_node, "stdout", &buffer, buffer_size) */
-	 GET_ABS(prom_getprop_name, %o0)
-	mov	4, %g1
-	mov	1, %o5
-	mov	CHOSEN_NODE_REG, %o1
-	GET_ABS(prom_stdout_name, %o2)
+	 GET_ABS(prom_stdout_name, %o2)
 	add	%l1, 256, %o3
-	mov	1024, %o4
-	call	prom_call
-	 stx	%g1, [%l1 + 256]
+	call	prom_call_getprop
+	 mov	1024, %o4
 
 	lduw	[%l1 + 256], STDOUT_NODE_REG
 	brz,pn	STDOUT_NODE_REG, prom_error
@@ -155,16 +163,11 @@ boot_continue:
 	GET_ABS(boot_path, %o3)
 	ldub	[%o3], %o1
 	brnz,pn	%o1, bootpath_known
-	 mov	4, %g1
 
 	/* getprop(chosen_node, "bootpath", &buffer, buffer_size) */
-	 GET_ABS(prom_getprop_name, %o0)
-	mov	1, %o5
-	mov	CHOSEN_NODE_REG, %o1
-	GET_ABS(prom_bootpath_name, %o2)
-	mov	(kernel_sector - boot_path), %o4
-	call	prom_call
-	 stx	%g1, [%l1 + 256]
+	 GET_ABS(prom_bootpath_name, %o2)
+	call	prom_call_getprop
+	 mov	(boot_path_end - boot_path), %o4
 
 bootpath_known:	
 
@@ -174,9 +177,8 @@ bootpath_known:
 	 * bootdev_handle = open(boot_path)
 	 */
 	GET_ABS(prom_open_name, %o0)
-	GET_ABS(boot_path, %o1)
-	call	prom_call_1_1
-	 clr	%o2
+	call	prom_call_1_1_o2
+	 GET_ABS(boot_path, %o1)
 
 	ldx	[%l1 + 0x20], BOOTDEV_REG
 	brz,pn	BOOTDEV_REG, prom_open_error
@@ -184,28 +186,23 @@ bootpath_known:
 	/* Since we have 64-bit cells, the high cell of the seek offset
 	 * is zero and the low cell is the entire value.
 	 *
-	 * seek(bootdev, 0, *kernel_sector << 9)
+	 * seek(bootdev, 0, *kernel_byte)
 	 */
 	 GET_ABS(prom_seek_name, %o0)
-	mov	BOOTDEV_REG, %o1
 	clr	%o2
-	LDX_ABS(kernel_sector, 0x00, %o3)
-	call	prom_call_3_1
-	 sllx	%o3, 9, %o3
+	call	prom_call_3_1_o1
+	 LDX_ABS(kernel_byte, 0x00, %o3)
 
 	/* read(bootdev, *kernel_address, 512) */
 	GET_ABS(prom_read_name, %o0)
-	mov	BOOTDEV_REG, %o1
 	LDUW_ABS(kernel_address, 0x00, %o2)
-	call	prom_call_3_1
+	call	prom_call_3_1_o1
 	 mov	512, %o3
 
 	LDUW_ABS(kernel_address, 0x00, %o2)
 	jmpl	%o2, %o7
 	 nop
 
-1:	ba,a	1b
-
 	. = _start + GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_CODE_END
 
 /* the last 4 bytes in the sector 0 contain the signature */
diff --git a/include/grub/sparc64/ieee1275/boot.h b/include/grub/sparc64/ieee1275/boot.h
index 7b2137664..9671c6900 100644
--- a/include/grub/sparc64/ieee1275/boot.h
+++ b/include/grub/sparc64/ieee1275/boot.h
@@ -43,9 +43,9 @@
 
 #define GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_BOOT_DEVPATH	0x0a
 
-#define GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_BOOT_DEVPATH_END (0x80 - 40)
+#define GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_BOOT_DEVPATH_END 0x80
 
-#define GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_KERNEL_SECTOR (0x80 - 40)
+#define GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_KERNEL_BYTE 0x80
 
 #define GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_CODE_END \
 	(0x1fc - GRUB_BOOT_AOUT_HEADER_SIZE)
diff --git a/util/sparc64/ieee1275/grub-setup.c b/util/sparc64/ieee1275/grub-setup.c
index 97cc89301..34a006d7f 100644
--- a/util/sparc64/ieee1275/grub-setup.c
+++ b/util/sparc64/ieee1275/grub-setup.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ setup (const char *prefix, const char *dir,
   grub_uint16_t core_sectors;
   grub_device_t root_dev, dest_dev;
   char *boot_devpath;
-  grub_disk_addr_t *kernel_sector;
+  grub_disk_addr_t *kernel_byte;
   struct boot_blocklist *first_block, *block;
   char *tmp_img;
   int i;
@@ -187,9 +187,9 @@ setup (const char *prefix, const char *dir,
   boot_devpath = (char *) (boot_img
 			   + GRUB_BOOT_AOUT_HEADER_SIZE
 			   + GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_BOOT_DEVPATH);
-  kernel_sector = (grub_disk_addr_t *) (boot_img
-					+ GRUB_BOOT_AOUT_HEADER_SIZE
-					+ GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_KERNEL_SECTOR);
+  kernel_byte = (grub_disk_addr_t *) (boot_img
+				      + GRUB_BOOT_AOUT_HEADER_SIZE
+				      + GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_KERNEL_BYTE);
 
   core_path = grub_util_get_path (dir, core_file);
   core_size = grub_util_get_image_size (core_path);
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ setup (const char *prefix, const char *dir,
   free (core_path);
   free (tmp_img);
 
-  *kernel_sector = grub_cpu_to_be64 (first_sector);
+  *kernel_byte = grub_cpu_to_be64 (first_sector << GRUB_DISK_SECTOR_BITS);
 
   grub_util_info ("boot device path %s, prefix is %s, dest is %s",
 		  boot_devpath, prefix, dest);