diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/Symbol.map b/lib/libc/sys/Symbol.map
index 9ef93d37247c..445c4512dd19 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/Symbol.map
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/Symbol.map
@@ -522,6 +522,7 @@ FBSDprivate_1.0 {
 	__sys_fchown;
 	_fcntl;
 	__sys_fcntl;
+	__fcntl_compat;
 	_fhopen;
 	__sys_fhopen;
 	_fhstat;
diff --git a/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.c b/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.c
index eb93a5687ac2..470f8ab7d674 100644
--- a/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.c
+++ b/lib/libc/sys/fcntl.c
@@ -34,10 +34,10 @@ __FBSDID("$FreeBSD$");
 #include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include "libc_private.h"
 
-__weak_reference(__fcntl, fcntl);
+__weak_reference(__fcntl_compat, fcntl);
 
 int
-__fcntl(int fd, int cmd, ...)
+__fcntl_compat(int fd, int cmd, ...)
 {
 	va_list args;
 	long arg;
diff --git a/lib/libc_r/uthread/uthread_fcntl.c b/lib/libc_r/uthread/uthread_fcntl.c
index eaf02e9de10b..81c5d7fa1f49 100644
--- a/lib/libc_r/uthread/uthread_fcntl.c
+++ b/lib/libc_r/uthread/uthread_fcntl.c
@@ -36,6 +36,8 @@
 
 __weak_reference(__fcntl, fcntl);
 
+extern int __fcntl_compat(int fd, int cmd, ...);
+
 int
 _fcntl(int fd, int cmd,...)
 {
@@ -124,7 +126,7 @@ _fcntl(int fd, int cmd,...)
 			break;
 		default:
 			/* Might want to make va_arg use a union */
-			ret = __sys_fcntl(fd, cmd, va_arg(ap, void *));
+			ret = __fcntl_compat(fd, cmd, va_arg(ap, void *));
 			break;
 		}
 
diff --git a/lib/libkse/thread/thr_fcntl.c b/lib/libkse/thread/thr_fcntl.c
index 113cd734d2a6..e739633422a2 100644
--- a/lib/libkse/thread/thr_fcntl.c
+++ b/lib/libkse/thread/thr_fcntl.c
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 #include "thr_private.h"
 
 int __fcntl(int fd, int cmd,...);
+extern int __fcntl_compat(int fd, int cmd,...);
 
 __weak_reference(__fcntl, fcntl);
 
@@ -68,7 +69,7 @@ __fcntl(int fd, int cmd,...)
 		ret = __sys_fcntl(fd, cmd);
 		break;
 	default:
-		ret = __sys_fcntl(fd, cmd, va_arg(ap, void *));
+		ret = __fcntl_compat(fd, cmd, va_arg(ap, void *));
 	}
 	va_end(ap);
 
diff --git a/lib/libthr/thread/thr_syscalls.c b/lib/libthr/thread/thr_syscalls.c
index 4a0dd729bf91..e3d9fd9b30d5 100644
--- a/lib/libthr/thread/thr_syscalls.c
+++ b/lib/libthr/thread/thr_syscalls.c
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ int	__aio_suspend(const struct aiocb * const iocbs[], int,
 int	__close(int);
 int	__connect(int, const struct sockaddr *, socklen_t);
 int	__fcntl(int, int,...);
+extern int __fcntl_compat(int, int,...);
 int	__fsync(int);
 int	__msync(void *, size_t, int);
 int	__nanosleep(const struct timespec *, struct timespec *);
@@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ __fcntl(int fd, int cmd,...)
 		ret = __sys_fcntl(fd, cmd);
 		break;
 	default:
-		ret = __sys_fcntl(fd, cmd, va_arg(ap, void *));
+		ret = __fcntl_compat(fd, cmd, va_arg(ap, void *));
 	}
 	va_end(ap);