diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
index b54b2add07be99eb67a2a662231443063c8a996e..528ba9d8eed57bbc1d2bb4ec5e227920077c7271 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 
 /* ftrace syscalls requires exporting the sys_call_table */
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS
-extern const unsigned long *sys_call_table;
+extern const unsigned long sys_call_table[];
 #endif /* CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS */
 
 static inline long syscall_get_nr(struct task_struct *task,