diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index f68d16d8b8..10870c435f 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
 2003-04-11  Jakub Jelinek  <jakub@redhat.com>
 
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/fe_nomask.c
+	(__fe_nomask_env): Try prctl even if __ASSUME_NEW_PRCTL_SYSCALL
+	is not defined, but the prctl constants are.
+
 	* string/tester.c (test_strcmp): Fix a typo.
 
 2003-04-09  Ulrich Drepper  <drepper@redhat.com>
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/fe_nomask.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/fe_nomask.c
index 70dc064425..7571f28780 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/fe_nomask.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/fe_nomask.c
@@ -27,9 +27,15 @@
 const fenv_t *
 __fe_nomask_env (void)
 {
-#ifdef __ASSUME_NEW_PRCTL_SYSCALL
+#if defined PR_SET_FPEXC && defined PR_FP_EXC_PRECISE
+  int result;
   INTERNAL_SYSCALL_DECL (err);
-  INTERNAL_SYSCALL (prctl, err, 2, PR_SET_FPEXC, PR_FP_EXC_PRECISE);
+  result = INTERNAL_SYSCALL (prctl, err, 2, PR_SET_FPEXC, PR_FP_EXC_PRECISE);
+# ifndef __ASSUME_NEW_PRCTL_SYSCALL
+  if (INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERROR_P (result, err)
+      && INTERNAL_SYSCALL_ERRNO (result, err) == EINVAL)
+    __set_errno (ENOSYS);
+# endif
 #else  
   __set_errno (ENOSYS);
 #endif