--- ndb/src/kernel/blocks/dbacc/DbaccMain.cpp
+++ ndb/src/kernel/blocks/dbacc/DbaccMain.cpp
@@ -11667,12 +11667,15 @@
   default:
     tmp = 0;
   }
+#if !defined(__sparc__)
   memcpy(signal->theData, &tmp, 8); /* must be memcpy, gives strange results on
 				     * ithanium gcc (GCC) 3.4.1 smp linux 2.4
 				     * otherwise
 				     */
-  //  Uint32 * src = (Uint32*)&tmp;
-  //  signal->theData[0] = src[0];
-  //  signal->theData[1] = src[1];
+#elif
+  Uint32 * src = (Uint32*)&tmp;
+  signal->theData[0] = src[0];
+  signal->theData[1] = src[1];
+#endif
 }