diff --git a/linux-user/elfload.c b/linux-user/elfload.c
index 2404d482ba..eb32f3e2cb 100644
--- a/linux-user/elfload.c
+++ b/linux-user/elfload.c
@@ -901,7 +901,7 @@ static void elf_core_copy_regs(target_elf_gregset_t *regs, const CPUPPCState *en
     (*regs)[33] = tswapreg(env->msr);
     (*regs)[35] = tswapreg(env->ctr);
     (*regs)[36] = tswapreg(env->lr);
-    (*regs)[37] = tswapreg(env->xer);
+    (*regs)[37] = tswapreg(cpu_read_xer(env));
 
     for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(env->crf); i++) {
         ccr |= env->crf[i] << (32 - ((i + 1) * 4));
diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu.c b/target/ppc/cpu.c
index 7ad9bd6044..f933d9f2bd 100644
--- a/target/ppc/cpu.c
+++ b/target/ppc/cpu.c
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
 #include "helper_regs.h"
 #include "sysemu/tcg.h"
 
-target_ulong cpu_read_xer(CPUPPCState *env)
+target_ulong cpu_read_xer(const CPUPPCState *env)
 {
     if (is_isa300(env)) {
         return env->xer | (env->so << XER_SO) |
diff --git a/target/ppc/cpu.h b/target/ppc/cpu.h
index baa4e7c34d..c6fc0043a9 100644
--- a/target/ppc/cpu.h
+++ b/target/ppc/cpu.h
@@ -2412,7 +2412,7 @@ enum {
 /*****************************************************************************/
 
 #define is_isa300(ctx) (!!(ctx->insns_flags2 & PPC2_ISA300))
-target_ulong cpu_read_xer(CPUPPCState *env);
+target_ulong cpu_read_xer(const CPUPPCState *env);
 void cpu_write_xer(CPUPPCState *env, target_ulong xer);
 
 /*