diff --git a/linux-user/syscall.c b/linux-user/syscall.c
index c1ebf7b8f3..945fc25279 100644
--- a/linux-user/syscall.c
+++ b/linux-user/syscall.c
@@ -388,14 +388,7 @@ static bitmask_transtbl fcntl_flags_tbl[] = {
   { 0, 0, 0, 0 }
 };
 
-static int sys_getcwd1(char *buf, size_t size)
-{
-  if (getcwd(buf, size) == NULL) {
-      /* getcwd() sets errno */
-      return (-1);
-  }
-  return strlen(buf)+1;
-}
+_syscall2(int, sys_getcwd1, char *, buf, size_t, size)
 
 #ifdef TARGET_NR_utimensat
 #if defined(__NR_utimensat)