diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/poll.h b/tools/include/nolibc/poll.h
index 0d053f93ea99..df952bcf0905 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/poll.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/poll.h
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ static __attribute__((unused))
 int sys_poll(struct pollfd *fds, int nfds, int timeout)
 {
 #if defined(__NR_ppoll)
-	struct timespec t;
+	struct __kernel_old_timespec t;
 
 	if (timeout >= 0) {
 		t.tv_sec  = timeout / 1000;
diff --git a/tools/include/nolibc/sys/select.h b/tools/include/nolibc/sys/select.h
index 2a5619c01277..9a29e5b98a3c 100644
--- a/tools/include/nolibc/sys/select.h
+++ b/tools/include/nolibc/sys/select.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ int sys_select(int nfds, fd_set *rfds, fd_set *wfds, fd_set *efds, struct timeva
 #elif defined(__NR_select)
 	return my_syscall5(__NR_select, nfds, rfds, wfds, efds, timeout);
 #elif defined(__NR_pselect6)
-	struct timespec t;
+	struct __kernel_old_timespec t;
 
 	if (timeout) {
 		t.tv_sec  = timeout->tv_sec;