diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index 6160f177a9..b4bb023858 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+2015-10-22  Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
+
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/sync_file_range.c
+	(__NR_sync_file_range2): Assume it is always defined.
+	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/sync_file_range.c
+	(__NR_sync_file_range): Assume it is always defined.
+
 2015-10-22  Andreas Schwab  <schwab@suse.de>
 
 	* sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/fxstat.c (__fxstat): Use
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/sync_file_range.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/sync_file_range.c
index b79e44d0eb..0d851682d6 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/sync_file_range.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/mips/mips32/sync_file_range.c
@@ -23,8 +23,6 @@
 #include <sysdep-cancel.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 
-
-#ifdef __NR_sync_file_range
 int
 sync_file_range (int fd, __off64_t from, __off64_t to, unsigned int flags)
 {
@@ -33,12 +31,3 @@ sync_file_range (int fd, __off64_t from, __off64_t to, unsigned int flags)
 			 __LONG_LONG_PAIR ((long) (to >> 32), (long) to),
 			 flags);
 }
-#else
-int
-sync_file_range (int fd, __off64_t from, __off64_t to, unsigned int flags)
-{
-  __set_errno (ENOSYS);
-  return -1;
-}
-stub_warning (sync_file_range)
-#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/sync_file_range.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/sync_file_range.c
index 9f46458581..92245f9631 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/sync_file_range.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/powerpc64/sync_file_range.c
@@ -23,19 +23,8 @@
 #include <sysdep-cancel.h>
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 
-
-#if defined __NR_sync_file_range2
 int
 sync_file_range (int fd, __off64_t from, __off64_t to, unsigned int flags)
 {
   return SYSCALL_CANCEL (sync_file_range2, fd, flags, from, to);
 }
-#else
-int
-sync_file_range (int fd, __off64_t from, __off64_t to, unsigned int flags)
-{
-  __set_errno (ENOSYS);
-  return -1;
-}
-stub_warning (sync_file_range)
-#endif