--- old/src/cpu/ppc/vm/interpreter_ppc.cpp	2015-11-16 09:40:20.000000000 -0800
+++ new/src/cpu/ppc/vm/interpreter_ppc.cpp	2015-11-16 09:40:20.000000000 -0800
@@ -297,8 +297,16 @@
   __ bind(do_float);
   __ lfs(floatSlot, 0, arg_java);
 #if defined(LINUX)
+  // Linux uses ELF ABI. Both original ELF and ELFv2 ABIs have float
+  // in the least significant word of an argument slot.
+#if defined(VM_LITTLE_ENDIAN)
+  __ stfs(floatSlot, 0, arg_c);
+#else
   __ stfs(floatSlot, 4, arg_c);
+#endif
 #elif defined(AIX)
+  // Although AIX runs on big endian CPU, float is in most significant
+  // word of an argument slot.
   __ stfs(floatSlot, 0, arg_c);
 #else
 #error "unknown OS"