diff --git a/libcutils/android_reboot.c b/libcutils/android_reboot.c
index 33a7358ec..7b3ec6f7f 100644
--- a/libcutils/android_reboot.c
+++ b/libcutils/android_reboot.c
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@
 
 #include <unistd.h>
 #include <sys/reboot.h>
+#include <sys/syscall.h>
 #include <sys/types.h>
 #include <sys/stat.h>
 #include <fcntl.h>
@@ -121,7 +122,7 @@ int android_reboot(int cmd, int flags, char *arg)
             break;
 
         case ANDROID_RB_RESTART2:
-            ret = __reboot(LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC1, LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2,
+            ret = syscall(__NR_reboot, LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC1, LINUX_REBOOT_MAGIC2,
                            LINUX_REBOOT_CMD_RESTART2, arg);
             break;