diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/exec_target.c b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/exec_target.c
index 3c9c144192be591ed1db8b62ea2c3108446099bf..c14b0fc1edde0ab67bebd1f63ecff99849b23ba1 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/exec_target.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/benchmarks/exec_target.c
@@ -6,8 +6,11 @@
  * Copyright 2018, Anton Blanchard, IBM Corp.
  */
 
-void _exit(int);
+#define _GNU_SOURCE
+#include <unistd.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
+
 void _start(void)
 {
-	_exit(0);
+	syscall(SYS_exit, 0);
 }