diff --git a/src/internal/syscall.h b/src/internal/syscall.h
index 88fc89c9a58005a99ef597308203203ee7bd4666..dcfae003b123265b565a97e7344c05f33a1d07c5 100644
--- a/src/internal/syscall.h
+++ b/src/internal/syscall.h
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ typedef long syscall_arg_t;
 #endif
 
 #if defined(__PIC__) && (100*__GNUC__+__GNUC_MINOR__ >= 303)
-__attribute__((visibility("protected")))
+__attribute__((visibility("hidden")))
 #endif
 long __syscall_ret(unsigned long), __syscall(syscall_arg_t, ...),
 	__syscall_cp(syscall_arg_t, syscall_arg_t, syscall_arg_t, syscall_arg_t,