diff --git a/src/vppinfra/linux/syscall.h b/src/vppinfra/linux/syscall.h
index f8ec591..4511b85 100644
--- a/src/vppinfra/linux/syscall.h
+++ b/src/vppinfra/linux/syscall.h
@@ -39,11 +39,13 @@
   return syscall (__NR_move_pages, pid, count, pages, nodes, status, flags);
 }
 
+#ifndef HAVE_MEMFD_CREATE
 static inline int
 memfd_create (const char *name, unsigned int flags)
 {
   return syscall (__NR_memfd_create, name, flags);
 }
+#endif
 
 #endif /* included_linux_syscall_h */