diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/mips/sysdep.h b/sysdeps/unix/mips/sysdep.h
index 2ba1dea897..a5a3e5589e 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/mips/sysdep.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/mips/sysdep.h
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
   ENTRY(name)								      \
   .set noreorder;							      \
   .cpload t9;								      \
-  li v0, SYS_##syscall_name;						      \
+  li v0, SYS_ify(syscall_name);						      \
   syscall;								      \
   .set reorder;								      \
   bne a3, zero, 99b;							      \
@@ -52,7 +52,7 @@ syse1:
   99: j __syscall_error;							      \
   ENTRY(name)								      \
   .set noreorder;							      \
-  li v0, SYS_##syscall_name;						      \
+  li v0, SYS_ify(syscall_name);						      \
   syscall;								      \
   .set reorder;								      \
   bne a3, zero, 99b;							      \