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diff --git a/src/fcntl/posix_fadvise.c b/src/fcntl/posix_fadvise.c
index fc1562e2..c1a0ef5a 100644
--- a/src/fcntl/posix_fadvise.c
+++ b/src/fcntl/posix_fadvise.c
@@ -4,8 +4,16 @@
 
 int posix_fadvise(int fd, off_t base, off_t len, int advice)
 {
+#if defined(SYSCALL_FADVISE_6_ARG)
+	/* Some archs, at least arm and powerpc, have the syscall
+	 * arguments reordered to avoid needing 7 argument registers
+	 * due to 64-bit argument alignment. */
+	return -__syscall(SYS_fadvise, fd, advice,
+		__SYSCALL_LL_E(base), __SYSCALL_LL_E(len));
+#else
 	return -__syscall(SYS_fadvise, fd, __SYSCALL_LL_O(base),
 		__SYSCALL_LL_E(len), advice);
+#endif
 }
 
 LFS64(posix_fadvise);