diff --git a/ompi/mca/btl/tcp/btl_tcp_frag.c b/ompi/mca/btl/tcp/btl_tcp_frag.c
index 833bee4b39..c0ede87473 100644
--- a/ompi/mca/btl/tcp/btl_tcp_frag.c
+++ b/ompi/mca/btl/tcp/btl_tcp_frag.c
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@
  *                         University of Stuttgart.  All rights reserved.
  * Copyright (c) 2004-2005 The Regents of the University of California.
  *                         All rights reserved.
+ * Copyright (c) 2008      Sun Microsystems, Inc.  All rights reserved.
  * $COPYRIGHT$
  * 
  * Additional copyrights may follow
@@ -249,8 +250,8 @@ bool mca_btl_tcp_frag_recv(mca_btl_tcp_frag_t* frag, int sd)
                 frag->iov[1].iov_base = (IOVBASE_TYPE*)(frag->segments[0].seg_addr.pval);
                 frag->iov[1].iov_len = frag->hdr.size;
                 frag->iov_cnt++;
-#ifndef __sparcv9
-                /* The following cannot be done for sparcv9 (64bit) code 
+#ifndef __sparc
+                /* The following cannot be done for sparc code 
                  * because it causes alignment errors when accessing
                  * structures later on in the btl and pml code.
                  */