diff --git a/arch/parisc/hpux/sys_hpux.c b/arch/parisc/hpux/sys_hpux.c
index 18072e03a019..92343bd35fa3 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/hpux/sys_hpux.c
+++ b/arch/parisc/hpux/sys_hpux.c
@@ -445,12 +445,7 @@ int hpux_getdomainname(char __user *name, int len)
 
 int hpux_pipe(int *kstack_fildes)
 {
-	int error;
-
-	lock_kernel();
-	error = do_pipe_flags(kstack_fildes, 0);
-	unlock_kernel();
-	return error;
+	return do_pipe_flags(kstack_fildes, 0);
 }
 
 /* lies - says it works, but it really didn't lock anything */
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sys_ia32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sys_ia32.h
index 4a5a089e1c62..d5f69045c100 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sys_ia32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sys_ia32.h
@@ -30,7 +30,6 @@ struct mmap_arg_struct;
 asmlinkage long sys32_mmap(struct mmap_arg_struct __user *);
 asmlinkage long sys32_mprotect(unsigned long, size_t, unsigned long);
 
-asmlinkage long sys32_pipe(int __user *);
 struct sigaction32;
 struct old_sigaction32;
 asmlinkage long sys32_rt_sigaction(int, struct sigaction32 __user *,
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/syscall.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/syscall.h
index 4352dbe1186a..efcf33b92e4c 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/syscall.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/syscall.h
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ struct pt_regs;
 struct sigaction;
 asmlinkage long xtensa_execve(char*, char**, char**, struct pt_regs*);
 asmlinkage long xtensa_clone(unsigned long, unsigned long, struct pt_regs*);
-asmlinkage long xtensa_pipe(int __user *);
 asmlinkage long xtensa_ptrace(long, long, long, long);
 asmlinkage long xtensa_sigreturn(struct pt_regs*);
 asmlinkage long xtensa_rt_sigreturn(struct pt_regs*);
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/unistd.h b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/unistd.h
index fbf318b3af3e..528042c2951e 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/include/asm/unistd.h
+++ b/arch/xtensa/include/asm/unistd.h
@@ -94,7 +94,7 @@ __SYSCALL( 35, sys_readlink, 3)
 #define __NR_mknod 				 36
 __SYSCALL( 36, sys_mknod, 3)
 #define __NR_pipe 				 37
-__SYSCALL( 37, xtensa_pipe, 1)
+__SYSCALL( 37, sys_pipe, 1)
 #define __NR_unlink 				 38
 __SYSCALL( 38, sys_unlink, 1)
 #define __NR_rmdir 				 39
diff --git a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscall.c b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscall.c
index 1e67bab775c1..816e6d0d686c 100644
--- a/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscall.c
+++ b/arch/xtensa/kernel/syscall.c
@@ -39,24 +39,6 @@ syscall_t sys_call_table[__NR_syscall_count] /* FIXME __cacheline_aligned */= {
 #include <asm/unistd.h>
 };
 
-/*
- * xtensa_pipe() is the normal C calling standard for creating a pipe. It's not
- * the way unix traditional does this, though.
- */
-
-asmlinkage long xtensa_pipe(int __user *userfds)
-{
-	int fd[2];
-	int error;
-
-	error = do_pipe_flags(fd, 0);
-	if (!error) {
-		if (copy_to_user(userfds, fd, 2 * sizeof(int)))
-			error = -EFAULT;
-	}
-	return error;
-}
-
 asmlinkage long xtensa_shmat(int shmid, char __user *shmaddr, int shmflg)
 {
 	unsigned long ret;