diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index 208fd1813d..96cd4bf86d 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -249,15 +249,8 @@ static type name (type1 arg1,type2 arg2,type3 arg3,type4 arg4,type5 arg5,	\
 #define TARGET_NR__llseek TARGET_NR_llseek
 #endif
 
-#ifdef __NR_gettid
-_syscall0(int, gettid)
-#else
-/* This is a replacement for the host gettid() and must return a host
-   errno. */
-static int gettid(void) {
-    return -ENOSYS;
-}
-#endif
+#define __NR_sys_gettid __NR_gettid
+_syscall0(int, sys_gettid)
 
 /* For the 64-bit guest on 32-bit host case we must emulate
  * getdents using getdents64, because otherwise the host
@@ -5442,7 +5435,7 @@ static void *clone_func(void *arg)
     cpu = ENV_GET_CPU(env);
     thread_cpu = cpu;
     ts = (TaskState *)cpu->opaque;
-    info->tid = gettid();
+    info->tid = sys_gettid();
     task_settid(ts);
     if (info->child_tidptr)
         put_user_u32(info->tid, info->child_tidptr);
@@ -5587,9 +5580,9 @@ static int do_fork(CPUArchState *env, unsigned int flags, abi_ulong newsp,
                mapping.  We can't repeat the spinlock hack used above because
                the child process gets its own copy of the lock.  */
             if (flags & CLONE_CHILD_SETTID)
-                put_user_u32(gettid(), child_tidptr);
+                put_user_u32(sys_gettid(), child_tidptr);
             if (flags & CLONE_PARENT_SETTID)
-                put_user_u32(gettid(), parent_tidptr);
+                put_user_u32(sys_gettid(), parent_tidptr);
             ts = (TaskState *)cpu->opaque;
             if (flags & CLONE_SETTLS)
                 cpu_set_tls (env, newtls);
@@ -10629,7 +10622,7 @@ static abi_long do_syscall1(void *cpu_env, int num, abi_long arg1,
         return TARGET_PAGE_SIZE;
 #endif
     case TARGET_NR_gettid:
-        return get_errno(gettid());
+        return get_errno(sys_gettid());
 #ifdef TARGET_NR_readahead
     case TARGET_NR_readahead:
 #if TARGET_ABI_BITS == 32