diff --git a/fs/sync.c b/fs/sync.c
index 23ebbd72ecc..a16d53e5fe9 100644
--- a/fs/sync.c
+++ b/fs/sync.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ static void do_sync(unsigned long wait)
 		laptop_sync_completion();
 }
 
-asmlinkage long sys_sync(void)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sync)
 {
 	do_sync(1);
 	return 0;
@@ -144,12 +144,12 @@ static int do_fsync(unsigned int fd, int datasync)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-asmlinkage long sys_fsync(unsigned int fd)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE1(fsync, unsigned int, fd)
 {
 	return do_fsync(fd, 0);
 }
 
-asmlinkage long sys_fdatasync(unsigned int fd)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE1(fdatasync, unsigned int, fd)
 {
 	return do_fsync(fd, 1);
 }
diff --git a/kernel/signal.c b/kernel/signal.c
index 278cc8737f1..e2333929611 100644
--- a/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/kernel/signal.c
@@ -2279,7 +2279,7 @@ static int do_tkill(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig)
  *  exists but it's not belonging to the target process anymore. This
  *  method solves the problem of threads exiting and PIDs getting reused.
  */
-asmlinkage long sys_tgkill(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(tgkill, pid_t, tgid, pid_t, pid, int, sig)
 {
 	/* This is only valid for single tasks */
 	if (pid <= 0 || tgid <= 0)
@@ -2291,8 +2291,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_tgkill(pid_t tgid, pid_t pid, int sig)
 /*
  *  Send a signal to only one task, even if it's a CLONE_THREAD task.
  */
-asmlinkage long
-sys_tkill(pid_t pid, int sig)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE2(tkill, pid_t, pid, int, sig)
 {
 	/* This is only valid for single tasks */
 	if (pid <= 0)
@@ -2301,8 +2300,8 @@ sys_tkill(pid_t pid, int sig)
 	return do_tkill(0, pid, sig);
 }
 
-asmlinkage long
-sys_rt_sigqueueinfo(pid_t pid, int sig, siginfo_t __user *uinfo)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(rt_sigqueueinfo, pid_t, pid, int, sig,
+		siginfo_t __user *, uinfo)
 {
 	siginfo_t info;
 
@@ -2526,15 +2525,13 @@ out:
 /*
  * For backwards compatibility.  Functionality superseded by sigprocmask.
  */
-asmlinkage long
-sys_sgetmask(void)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE0(sgetmask)
 {
 	/* SMP safe */
 	return current->blocked.sig[0];
 }
 
-asmlinkage long
-sys_ssetmask(int newmask)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE1(ssetmask, int, newmask)
 {
 	int old;
 
@@ -2554,8 +2551,7 @@ sys_ssetmask(int newmask)
 /*
  * For backwards compatibility.  Functionality superseded by sigaction.
  */
-asmlinkage long
-sys_signal(int sig, __sighandler_t handler)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE2(signal, int, sig, __sighandler_t, handler)
 {
 	struct k_sigaction new_sa, old_sa;
 	int ret;
@@ -2572,8 +2568,7 @@ sys_signal(int sig, __sighandler_t handler)
 
 #ifdef __ARCH_WANT_SYS_PAUSE
 
-asmlinkage long
-sys_pause(void)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE0(pause)
 {
 	current->state = TASK_INTERRUPTIBLE;
 	schedule();