diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
index 91dfcafe27a6..bad25bb80679 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/syscalls.h
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_ioperm(unsigned long, unsigned long, int);
 asmlinkage long sys_iopl(unsigned int);
 
 /* kernel/ldt.c */
-asmlinkage int sys_modify_ldt(int, void __user *, unsigned long);
+asmlinkage long sys_modify_ldt(int, void __user *, unsigned long);
 
 /* kernel/signal.c */
 asmlinkage long sys_rt_sigreturn(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
index f0e64db18ac8..0402d44deb4d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/ldt.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <linux/string.h>
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/smp.h>
+#include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
@@ -294,8 +295,8 @@ out:
 	return error;
 }
 
-asmlinkage int sys_modify_ldt(int func, void __user *ptr,
-			      unsigned long bytecount)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(modify_ldt, int , func , void __user * , ptr ,
+		unsigned long , bytecount)
 {
 	int ret = -ENOSYS;
 
@@ -313,5 +314,14 @@ asmlinkage int sys_modify_ldt(int func, void __user *ptr,
 		ret = write_ldt(ptr, bytecount, 0);
 		break;
 	}
-	return ret;
+	/*
+	 * The SYSCALL_DEFINE() macros give us an 'unsigned long'
+	 * return type, but tht ABI for sys_modify_ldt() expects
+	 * 'int'.  This cast gives us an int-sized value in %rax
+	 * for the return code.  The 'unsigned' is necessary so
+	 * the compiler does not try to sign-extend the negative
+	 * return codes into the high half of the register when
+	 * taking the value from int->long.
+	 */
+	return (unsigned int)ret;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/um/ldt.c b/arch/x86/um/ldt.c
index 836a1eb5df43..3ee234b6234d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/um/ldt.c
+++ b/arch/x86/um/ldt.c
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <linux/mm.h>
 #include <linux/sched.h>
 #include <linux/slab.h>
+#include <linux/syscalls.h>
 #include <linux/uaccess.h>
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 #include <os.h>
@@ -369,7 +370,9 @@ void free_ldt(struct mm_context *mm)
 	mm->arch.ldt.entry_count = 0;
 }
 
-int sys_modify_ldt(int func, void __user *ptr, unsigned long bytecount)
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(modify_ldt, int , func , void __user * , ptr ,
+		unsigned long , bytecount)
 {
-	return do_modify_ldt_skas(func, ptr, bytecount);
+	/* See non-um modify_ldt() for why we do this cast */
+	return (unsigned int)do_modify_ldt_skas(func, ptr, bytecount);
 }