diff --git a/Makefile.target b/Makefile.target
index 254a9fa52c..44b2e83e6f 100644
--- a/Makefile.target
+++ b/Makefile.target
@@ -81,8 +81,10 @@ libobj-y += tcg/tcg.o tcg/optimize.o
 libobj-$(CONFIG_TCG_INTERPRETER) += tci.o
 libobj-y += fpu/softfloat.o
 ifneq ($(TARGET_BASE_ARCH), sparc)
+ifneq ($(TARGET_BASE_ARCH), alpha)
 libobj-y += op_helper.o
 endif
+endif
 libobj-y += helper.o
 ifeq ($(TARGET_BASE_ARCH), i386)
 libobj-y += cpuid.o
@@ -96,7 +98,7 @@ libobj-y += cpu_init.o
 endif
 libobj-$(TARGET_SPARC) += int32_helper.o
 libobj-$(TARGET_SPARC64) += int64_helper.o
-libobj-$(TARGET_ALPHA) += int_helper.o fpu_helper.o sys_helper.o
+libobj-$(TARGET_ALPHA) += int_helper.o fpu_helper.o sys_helper.o mem_helper.o
 
 libobj-y += disas.o
 libobj-$(CONFIG_TCI_DIS) += tci-dis.o
diff --git a/configure b/configure
index 8b4e3c1a02..14ef738b6c 100755
--- a/configure
+++ b/configure
@@ -3608,7 +3608,7 @@ case "$target_arch2" in
 esac
 
 case "$target_arch2" in
-  sparc*)
+  alpha | sparc*)
     echo "CONFIG_TCG_PASS_AREG0=y" >> $config_target_mak
   ;;
 esac
diff --git a/target-alpha/helper.h b/target-alpha/helper.h
index f057ecf7eb..03cc185c83 100644
--- a/target-alpha/helper.h
+++ b/target-alpha/helper.h
@@ -104,12 +104,12 @@ DEF_HELPER_2(hw_ret, void, env, i64)
 
 DEF_HELPER_1(ldl_phys, i64, i64)
 DEF_HELPER_1(ldq_phys, i64, i64)
-DEF_HELPER_1(ldl_l_phys, i64, i64)
-DEF_HELPER_1(ldq_l_phys, i64, i64)
+DEF_HELPER_2(ldl_l_phys, i64, env, i64)
+DEF_HELPER_2(ldq_l_phys, i64, env, i64)
 DEF_HELPER_2(stl_phys, void, i64, i64)
 DEF_HELPER_2(stq_phys, void, i64, i64)
-DEF_HELPER_2(stl_c_phys, i64, i64, i64)
-DEF_HELPER_2(stq_c_phys, i64, i64, i64)
+DEF_HELPER_3(stl_c_phys, i64, env, i64, i64)
+DEF_HELPER_3(stq_c_phys, i64, env, i64, i64)
 
 DEF_HELPER_FLAGS_1(tbia, TCG_CALL_CONST, void, env)
 DEF_HELPER_FLAGS_2(tbis, TCG_CALL_CONST, void, env, i64)
diff --git a/target-alpha/op_helper.c b/target-alpha/mem_helper.c
similarity index 71%
rename from target-alpha/op_helper.c
rename to target-alpha/mem_helper.c
index df1f01cbc3..dd5ca4933a 100644
--- a/target-alpha/op_helper.c
+++ b/target-alpha/mem_helper.c
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
- *  Alpha emulation cpu micro-operations helpers for qemu.
+ *  Helpers for loads and stores
  *
  *  Copyright (c) 2007 Jocelyn Mayer
  *
@@ -18,17 +18,12 @@
  */
 
 #include "cpu.h"
-#include "dyngen-exec.h"
-#include "host-utils.h"
-#include "softfloat.h"
 #include "helper.h"
-#include "sysemu.h"
-#include "qemu-timer.h"
 
 
-/*****************************************************************************/
 /* Softmmu support */
-#if !defined (CONFIG_USER_ONLY)
+#ifndef CONFIG_USER_ONLY
+
 uint64_t helper_ldl_phys(uint64_t p)
 {
     return (int32_t)ldl_phys(p);
@@ -39,16 +34,16 @@ uint64_t helper_ldq_phys(uint64_t p)
     return ldq_phys(p);
 }
 
-uint64_t helper_ldl_l_phys(uint64_t p)
+uint64_t helper_ldl_l_phys(CPUAlphaState *env, uint64_t p)
 {
     env->lock_addr = p;
     return env->lock_value = (int32_t)ldl_phys(p);
 }
 
-uint64_t helper_ldq_l_phys(uint64_t p)
+uint64_t helper_ldq_l_phys(CPUAlphaState *env, uint64_t p)
 {
     env->lock_addr = p;
-    return env->lock_value = ldl_phys(p);
+    return env->lock_value = ldq_phys(p);
 }
 
 void helper_stl_phys(uint64_t p, uint64_t v)
@@ -61,7 +56,7 @@ void helper_stq_phys(uint64_t p, uint64_t v)
     stq_phys(p, v);
 }
 
-uint64_t helper_stl_c_phys(uint64_t p, uint64_t v)
+uint64_t helper_stl_c_phys(CPUAlphaState *env, uint64_t p, uint64_t v)
 {
     uint64_t ret = 0;
 
@@ -77,7 +72,7 @@ uint64_t helper_stl_c_phys(uint64_t p, uint64_t v)
     return ret;
 }
 
-uint64_t helper_stq_c_phys(uint64_t p, uint64_t v)
+uint64_t helper_stq_c_phys(CPUAlphaState *env, uint64_t p, uint64_t v)
 {
     uint64_t ret = 0;
 
@@ -93,8 +88,8 @@ uint64_t helper_stq_c_phys(uint64_t p, uint64_t v)
     return ret;
 }
 
-static void QEMU_NORETURN do_unaligned_access(target_ulong addr, int is_write,
-                                              int is_user, void *retaddr)
+static void do_unaligned_access(CPUAlphaState *env, target_ulong addr,
+                                int is_write, int is_user, void *retaddr)
 {
     uint64_t pc;
     uint32_t insn;
@@ -102,7 +97,7 @@ static void QEMU_NORETURN do_unaligned_access(target_ulong addr, int is_write,
     do_restore_state(env, retaddr);
 
     pc = env->pc;
-    insn = ldl_code(pc);
+    insn = cpu_ldl_code(env, pc);
 
     env->trap_arg0 = addr;
     env->trap_arg1 = insn >> 26;                /* opcode */
@@ -112,14 +107,12 @@ static void QEMU_NORETURN do_unaligned_access(target_ulong addr, int is_write,
     cpu_loop_exit(env);
 }
 
-void QEMU_NORETURN cpu_unassigned_access(CPUAlphaState *env1,
-                                         target_phys_addr_t addr, int is_write,
-                                         int is_exec, int unused, int size)
+void cpu_unassigned_access(CPUAlphaState *env, target_phys_addr_t addr,
+                           int is_write, int is_exec, int unused, int size)
 {
-    env = env1;
     env->trap_arg0 = addr;
     env->trap_arg1 = is_write;
-    dynamic_excp(env1, GETPC(), EXCP_MCHK, 0);
+    dynamic_excp(env, NULL, EXCP_MCHK, 0);
 }
 
 #include "softmmu_exec.h"
@@ -143,20 +136,16 @@ void QEMU_NORETURN cpu_unassigned_access(CPUAlphaState *env1,
    NULL, it means that the function was called in C code (i.e. not
    from generated code or from helper.c) */
 /* XXX: fix it to restore all registers */
-void tlb_fill(CPUAlphaState *env1, target_ulong addr, int is_write, int mmu_idx,
-              void *retaddr)
+void tlb_fill(CPUAlphaState *env, target_ulong addr, int is_write,
+              int mmu_idx, void *retaddr)
 {
-    CPUAlphaState *saved_env;
     int ret;
 
-    saved_env = env;
-    env = env1;
     ret = cpu_alpha_handle_mmu_fault(env, addr, is_write, mmu_idx);
     if (unlikely(ret != 0)) {
         do_restore_state(env, retaddr);
         /* Exception index and error code are already set */
         cpu_loop_exit(env);
     }
-    env = saved_env;
 }
-#endif
+#endif /* CONFIG_USER_ONLY */
diff --git a/target-alpha/translate.c b/target-alpha/translate.c
index cc87320ca8..dd09ad8bfe 100644
--- a/target-alpha/translate.c
+++ b/target-alpha/translate.c
@@ -2867,11 +2867,11 @@ static ExitStatus translate_one(DisasContext *ctx, uint32_t insn)
                 break;
             case 0x2:
                 /* Longword physical access with lock (hw_ldl_l/p) */
-                gen_helper_ldl_l_phys(cpu_ir[ra], addr);
+                gen_helper_ldl_l_phys(cpu_ir[ra], cpu_env, addr);
                 break;
             case 0x3:
                 /* Quadword physical access with lock (hw_ldq_l/p) */
-                gen_helper_ldq_l_phys(cpu_ir[ra], addr);
+                gen_helper_ldq_l_phys(cpu_ir[ra], cpu_env, addr);
                 break;
             case 0x4:
                 /* Longword virtual PTE fetch (hw_ldl/v) */
@@ -3180,11 +3180,11 @@ static ExitStatus translate_one(DisasContext *ctx, uint32_t insn)
                 break;
             case 0x2:
                 /* Longword physical access with lock */
-                gen_helper_stl_c_phys(val, addr, val);
+                gen_helper_stl_c_phys(val, cpu_env, addr, val);
                 break;
             case 0x3:
                 /* Quadword physical access with lock */
-                gen_helper_stq_c_phys(val, addr, val);
+                gen_helper_stq_c_phys(val, cpu_env, addr, val);
                 break;
             case 0x4:
                 /* Longword virtual access */
@@ -3420,7 +3420,7 @@ static inline void gen_intermediate_code_internal(CPUAlphaState *env,
         }
         if (num_insns + 1 == max_insns && (tb->cflags & CF_LAST_IO))
             gen_io_start();
-        insn = ldl_code(ctx.pc);
+        insn = cpu_ldl_code(env, ctx.pc);
         num_insns++;
 
 	if (unlikely(qemu_loglevel_mask(CPU_LOG_TB_OP))) {