diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
index cdf528089a63..79a3b47e4839 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ SYSCALL_SPU(epoll_create)
 SYSCALL_SPU(epoll_ctl)
 SYSCALL_SPU(epoll_wait)
 SYSCALL_SPU(remap_file_pages)
-SYSX_SPU(sys_timer_create,compat_sys_timer_create,sys_timer_create)
+COMPAT_SYS_SPU(timer_create)
 COMPAT_SYS_SPU(timer_settime)
 COMPAT_SYS_SPU(timer_gettime)
 SYSCALL_SPU(timer_getoverrun)