diff --git a/scripts/syscallhdr.sh b/scripts/syscallhdr.sh
index 848ac2735115..22e34cd46b9b 100755
--- a/scripts/syscallhdr.sh
+++ b/scripts/syscallhdr.sh
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ guard=_UAPI_ASM_$(basename "$outfile" |
 	sed -e 'y/abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz/ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ/' \
 	-e 's/[^A-Z0-9_]/_/g' -e 's/__/_/g')
 
-grep -E "^[0-9A-Fa-fXx]+[[:space:]]+$abis" "$infile" | sort -n | {
+grep -E "^[0-9A-Fa-fXx]+[[:space:]]+$abis" "$infile" | {
 	echo "#ifndef $guard"
 	echo "#define $guard"
 	echo
diff --git a/scripts/syscalltbl.sh b/scripts/syscalltbl.sh
index aa6ab156301c..6abe143889ef 100755
--- a/scripts/syscalltbl.sh
+++ b/scripts/syscalltbl.sh
@@ -52,10 +52,15 @@ outfile="$2"
 
 nxt=0
 
-grep -E "^[0-9]+[[:space:]]+$abis" "$infile" | sort -n | {
+grep -E "^[0-9]+[[:space:]]+$abis" "$infile" | {
 
 	while read nr abi name native compat ; do
 
+		if [ $nxt -gt $nr ]; then
+			echo "error: $infile: syscall table is not sorted or duplicates the same syscall number" >&2
+			exit 1
+		fi
+
 		while [ $nxt -lt $nr ]; do
 			echo "__SYSCALL($nxt, sys_ni_syscall)"
 			nxt=$((nxt + 1))