diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscalls.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscalls.h
index ae7ca59f62676..52f5e19859899 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscalls.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscalls.h
@@ -51,8 +51,6 @@ compat_ssize_t compat_sys_readahead(int fd, u32 r4, u32 offset1, u32 offset2, u3
 int compat_sys_truncate64(const char __user *path, u32 reg4,
 			  unsigned long len1, unsigned long len2);
 
-long compat_sys_fallocate(int fd, int mode, u32 offset1, u32 offset2, u32 len1, u32 len2);
-
 int compat_sys_ftruncate64(unsigned int fd, u32 reg4, unsigned long len1,
 			   unsigned long len2);
 
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
index b1129b4ef57d9..659a996c75aa8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -45,6 +45,7 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_UTIME
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_NEWFSTATAT
 #define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_STAT
+#define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_FALLOCATE
 #define __ARCH_WANT_COMPAT_SYS_SENDFILE
 #endif
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_FORK
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
index ba363328da2bc..d961634976d8b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/sys_ppc32.c
@@ -79,13 +79,6 @@ int compat_sys_truncate64(const char __user * path, u32 reg4,
 	return ksys_truncate(path, merge_64(len1, len2));
 }
 
-long compat_sys_fallocate(int fd, int mode, u32 offset1, u32 offset2,
-				     u32 len1, u32 len2)
-{
-	return ksys_fallocate(fd, mode, merge_64(offset1, offset2),
-			     merge_64(len1, len2));
-}
-
 int compat_sys_ftruncate64(unsigned int fd, u32 reg4, unsigned long len1,
 				 unsigned long len2)
 {