diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S
index d83e033dbc87..2f2dc54b2e26 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall32-o32.S
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ einval:	li	v0, -EINVAL
 	sys	sys_fstatat64		4
 	sys	sys_unlinkat		3
 	sys	sys_renameat		4	/* 4295 */
-	sys	sys_linkat		4
+	sys	sys_linkat		5
 	sys	sys_symlinkat		3
 	sys	sys_readlinkat		4
 	sys	sys_fchmodat		3
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
index 615964cca15f..50e80138e7ad 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
@@ -1552,6 +1552,7 @@ sys_linkat_wrapper:
 	llgtr	%r3,%r3			# const char *
 	lgfr	%r4,%r4			# int
 	llgtr	%r5,%r5			# const char *
+	lgfr	%r6,%r6			# int
 	jg	sys_linkat
 
 	.globl sys_symlinkat_wrapper
diff --git a/fs/namei.c b/fs/namei.c
index e28de846c591..557dcf395ca1 100644
--- a/fs/namei.c
+++ b/fs/namei.c
@@ -2224,13 +2224,17 @@ int vfs_link(struct dentry *old_dentry, struct inode *dir, struct dentry *new_de
  * and other special files.  --ADM
  */
 asmlinkage long sys_linkat(int olddfd, const char __user *oldname,
-			   int newdfd, const char __user *newname)
+			   int newdfd, const char __user *newname,
+			   int flags)
 {
 	struct dentry *new_dentry;
 	struct nameidata nd, old_nd;
 	int error;
 	char * to;
 
+	if (flags != 0)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	to = getname(newname);
 	if (IS_ERR(to))
 		return PTR_ERR(to);
@@ -2263,7 +2267,7 @@ exit:
 
 asmlinkage long sys_link(const char __user *oldname, const char __user *newname)
 {
-	return sys_linkat(AT_FDCWD, oldname, AT_FDCWD, newname);
+	return sys_linkat(AT_FDCWD, oldname, AT_FDCWD, newname, 0);
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index d73501ba7e44..b9ea44ac0ddb 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_unlinkat(int dfd, const char __user * pathname, int flag);
 asmlinkage long sys_symlinkat(const char __user * oldname,
 			      int newdfd, const char __user * newname);
 asmlinkage long sys_linkat(int olddfd, const char __user *oldname,
-			   int newdfd, const char __user *newname);
+			   int newdfd, const char __user *newname, int flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_renameat(int olddfd, const char __user * oldname,
 			     int newdfd, const char __user * newname);
 asmlinkage long sys_futimesat(int dfd, char __user *filename,