diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/unistd.h
index 0caea01d5cca..eff7aa9aa163 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
  * be included multiple times.  See uapi/asm/syscalls.h for more info.
  */
 
+#define __ARCH_WANT_NEW_STAT
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_CLONE
 #include <uapi/asm/unistd.h>
 #include <uapi/asm/syscalls.h>