diff --git a/plat/linuxppc/emu/emu.c b/plat/linuxppc/emu/emu.c
index 3653d8c2e..ae1fb929f 100644
--- a/plat/linuxppc/emu/emu.c
+++ b/plat/linuxppc/emu/emu.c
@@ -303,7 +303,7 @@ void dump_state(FILE* stream)
 	int i;
 
 	fprintf(stream, "\n");
-	fprintf(stream, "pc=0x%08x lr=0x%08x ctr=0x%08x xer=0x%08x cr=0x%08x\n",
+	fprintf(stream, "pc=0x%08x lr=0x%08x ctr=0x%08x xer=0x%08x cr=0x%08x",
 		cpu.cia, cpu.lr, cpu.ctr, cpu.xer, cpu.cr);
 	for (i=0; i<32; i++)
 	{
@@ -311,11 +311,11 @@ void dump_state(FILE* stream)
 			fprintf(stream, "\n");
 		fprintf(stream, "gpr%02d=0x%08x ", i, cpu.gpr[i]);
 	}
-	fprintf(stream, "\n");
+	fprintf(stderr, "\n");
 
 	/* This might fail and cause a reentrant trap if cia is invalid, so
 	 * do it last. */
-	fprintf(stream, "insn=0x%08x", read_long(cpu.cia));
+	fprintf(stream, "insn=0x%08x\n", read_long(cpu.cia));
 }
 
 void single_step(void)
diff --git a/plat/linuxppc/emu/main.c b/plat/linuxppc/emu/main.c
index 79e2634d1..0c2aaea5f 100755
--- a/plat/linuxppc/emu/main.c
+++ b/plat/linuxppc/emu/main.c
@@ -136,8 +136,8 @@ void system_call(uint8_t trapno)
 			uint32_t len = cpu.gpr[5];
 			void* ptr = ram + transform_address(address);
 			transform_address(address+len); /* bounds check */
-			cpu.gpr[4] = write(fd, ptr, len);
-			if (cpu.gpr[4] == -1)
+			cpu.gpr[3] = write(fd, ptr, len);
+			if (cpu.gpr[3] == -1)
 				goto error;
 			break;
 		}
@@ -146,13 +146,13 @@ void system_call(uint8_t trapno)
 		{
 			uint32_t newpos = cpu.gpr[3];
 			if (newpos == 0)
-				cpu.gpr[4] = brkpos;
+				cpu.gpr[3] = brkpos;
 			else if ((newpos < brkbase) || (newpos >= BRK_TOP))
-				cpu.gpr[4] = -ENOMEM;
+				cpu.gpr[3] = -ENOMEM;
 			else
 			{
 				brkpos = newpos;
-				cpu.gpr[4] = 0;
+				cpu.gpr[3] = 0;
 			}
 			break;
 		}
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ void system_call(uint8_t trapno)
 		case 67: /* sigaction */
 		case 78: /* gettimeofday */
 		case 126: /* sigprocmask */
-			cpu.gpr[4] = 0;
+			cpu.gpr[3] = 0;
 			break;
 
 		error: