diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/ia64/include/asm/unistd.h
index 49e34db2529c..0b08ebd2dfde 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -10,9 +10,7 @@
 
 #include <uapi/asm/unistd.h>
 
-
-
-#define NR_syscalls			326 /* length of syscall table */
+#define NR_syscalls		__NR_syscalls /* length of syscall table */
 
 /*
  * The following defines stop scripts/checksyscalls.sh from complaining about
diff --git a/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h b/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
index 94b835cc4f11..388ab4e23a18 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/ia64/include/uapi/asm/unistd.h
@@ -341,4 +341,8 @@
 #define __NR_preadv2			1348
 #define __NR_pwritev2			1349
 
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
+#define __NR_syscalls			326
+#endif
+
 #endif /* _UAPI_ASM_IA64_UNISTD_H */