diff --git a/arch/avr32/kernel/syscall_table.S b/arch/avr32/kernel/syscall_table.S
index 75c81f2dd0b3a623fb19722dc961bd99e788ccc3..478bda4c4a09a9ac57f119b4c8529d970cbc48e2 100644
--- a/arch/avr32/kernel/syscall_table.S
+++ b/arch/avr32/kernel/syscall_table.S
@@ -293,6 +293,6 @@ sys_call_table:
 	.long	sys_shmctl
 	.long	sys_utimensat
 	.long	sys_signalfd
-	.long	sys_timerfd		/* 280 */
+	.long	sys_ni_syscall		/* 280, was sys_timerfd */
 	.long	sys_eventfd
 	.long	sys_ni_syscall		/* r8 is saturated at nr_syscalls */
diff --git a/include/asm-avr32/unistd.h b/include/asm-avr32/unistd.h
index de09009593f84eb12d3e8fa38c0450df96777b7d..89861a27543ec58554f9ad957b84801a80885595 100644
--- a/include/asm-avr32/unistd.h
+++ b/include/asm-avr32/unistd.h
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
 
 #define __NR_utimensat		278
 #define __NR_signalfd		279
-#define __NR_timerfd		280
+/* 280 was __NR_timerfd */
 #define __NR_eventfd		281
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__