diff --git a/grub-core/boot/sparc64/ieee1275/boot.S b/grub-core/boot/sparc64/ieee1275/boot.S
index 507367749..586efb401 100644
--- a/grub-core/boot/sparc64/ieee1275/boot.S
+++ b/grub-core/boot/sparc64/ieee1275/boot.S
@@ -41,9 +41,9 @@ pic_base:
 	 * After loading in that block we will execute it by jumping to the
 	 * load address plus the size of the prepended A.OUT header (32 bytes).
 	 */
-	. = _start + GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_BOOT_DEVPATH
+	.org GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_BOOT_DEVPATH
 boot_path:
-	. = _start + GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_KERNEL_BYTE
+	.org GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_KERNEL_BYTE
 boot_path_end:
 kernel_byte:		.xword (2 << 9)
 kernel_address:		.word  GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_KERNEL_ADDR
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ kernel_address:		.word  GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_KERNEL_ADDR
 #define boot_path_end (_start + 1024)
 #include <grub/offsets.h>
 
-	. = _start + 8
+	.org 8
 kernel_byte:		.xword (2 << 9)
 kernel_size:	        .word  512
 kernel_address:		.word  GRUB_BOOT_SPARC64_IEEE1275_IMAGE_ADDRESS
@@ -224,7 +224,7 @@ bootpath_known:
 #else
 	 nop
 #endif
-	. = _start + GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_CODE_END
+	.org GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_CODE_END
 
 /* the last 4 bytes in the sector 0 contain the signature */
 	.word	GRUB_BOOT_MACHINE_SIGNATURE
diff --git a/grub-core/boot/sparc64/ieee1275/diskboot.S b/grub-core/boot/sparc64/ieee1275/diskboot.S
index e020f6221..35e02c1b6 100644
--- a/grub-core/boot/sparc64/ieee1275/diskboot.S
+++ b/grub-core/boot/sparc64/ieee1275/diskboot.S
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ lastlist:
 	.word	0
 	.word	0
 
-	. = _start + (0x200 - GRUB_BOOT_SPARC64_IEEE1275_LIST_SIZE)
+	.org (0x200 - GRUB_BOOT_SPARC64_IEEE1275_LIST_SIZE)
 blocklist_default_start:
 	.word	0
 	.word	2
diff --git a/grub-core/kern/sparc64/ieee1275/crt0.S b/grub-core/kern/sparc64/ieee1275/crt0.S
index 79b6bb325..03b916f05 100644
--- a/grub-core/kern/sparc64/ieee1275/crt0.S
+++ b/grub-core/kern/sparc64/ieee1275/crt0.S
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ _start:
 	ba	codestart
 	 mov  %o4, %o0
 
-	. = EXT_C(_start) + GRUB_KERNEL_MACHINE_TOTAL_MODULE_SIZE
+	.org GRUB_KERNEL_MACHINE_TOTAL_MODULE_SIZE
 
 VARIABLE(grub_total_module_size)
 	.word	0