diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
index 700fcdac2e3c..b541c690a31c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_SIGPROCMASK
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC32
 #define __ARCH_WANT_OLD_STAT
+#define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_OLD_SELECT
 #endif
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC64
 #define __ARCH_WANT_SYS_TIME
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
index 078608ec2e92..a552c9e68d7e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
@@ -82,16 +82,8 @@ int
 ppc_select(int n, fd_set __user *inp, fd_set __user *outp, fd_set __user *exp, struct __kernel_old_timeval __user *tvp)
 {
 	if ( (unsigned long)n >= 4096 )
-	{
-		unsigned long __user *buffer = (unsigned long __user *)n;
-		if (!access_ok(buffer, 5*sizeof(unsigned long))
-		    || __get_user(n, buffer)
-		    || __get_user(inp, ((fd_set __user * __user *)(buffer+1)))
-		    || __get_user(outp, ((fd_set  __user * __user *)(buffer+2)))
-		    || __get_user(exp, ((fd_set  __user * __user *)(buffer+3)))
-		    || __get_user(tvp, ((struct __kernel_old_timeval  __user * __user *)(buffer+4))))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
+		return sys_old_select((void __user *)n);
+
 	return sys_select(n, inp, outp, exp, tvp);
 }
 #endif