diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/timex.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/timex.h
index 50d9b04ecbd1..bc50ee0e91ff 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/timex.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/timex.h
@@ -201,6 +201,7 @@ static inline cycles_t get_cycles(void)
 {
 	return (cycles_t) get_tod_clock() >> 2;
 }
+#define get_cycles get_cycles
 
 int get_phys_clock(unsigned long *clock);
 void init_cpu_timer(void);