diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
index 3418f76263..ab3c3a7a57 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+2010-11-24  Edjunior Machado  <emachado@br.ibm.com>
+
+	* gdb.asm/powerpc.inc: Use 'sys_exit' on gdbasm_exit0 macro.
+
 2010-11-24  Edjunior Machado  <emachado@br.ibm.com>
 
 	* gdb.asm/asm-source.exp: Add new target "powerpc64"; expect leading `.'
diff --git a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.asm/powerpc.inc b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.asm/powerpc.inc
index a0797bf826..ab700c2768 100644
--- a/gdb/testsuite/gdb.asm/powerpc.inc
+++ b/gdb/testsuite/gdb.asm/powerpc.inc
@@ -29,9 +29,9 @@
 
 	comment "exit (0)"
 	.macro gdbasm_exit0
-	comment "Don't know how to exit, but this will certainly halt..."
-	li	0, 0
-	lwz 	0, 0(0)
+	comment "sys_exit"
+	li	0, 1
+	sc
 	.endm
 
 	comment "crt0 startup"