diff --git a/src/cpu/o3/sparc/thread_context.hh b/src/cpu/o3/sparc/thread_context.hh
index 69d1e2d04..3955de0cc 100644
--- a/src/cpu/o3/sparc/thread_context.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/o3/sparc/thread_context.hh
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class SparcTC : public O3ThreadContext<Impl>
     virtual void changeRegFileContext(TheISA::RegContextParam param,
                                       TheISA::RegContextVal val)
     {
-        panic("This doesn't make sense!\n");
+        //XXX Ignore this for now. This -really- needs to get fixed.
     }