diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
index e84a523cd65e3..8d4b7f6d7cf36 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE6(mmap, unsigned long, addr, size_t, len,
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
-long ppc64_personality(unsigned long personality)
+static long do_ppc64_personality(unsigned long personality)
 {
 	long ret;
 
@@ -86,6 +86,10 @@ long ppc64_personality(unsigned long personality)
 		ret = (ret & ~PER_MASK) | PER_LINUX;
 	return ret;
 }
+long ppc64_personality(unsigned long personality)
+{
+	return do_ppc64_personality(personality);
+}
 #endif
 
 long ppc_fadvise64_64(int fd, int advice, u32 offset_high, u32 offset_low,