diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ipc_priv.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ipc_priv.h
index 65adbb093e..49018c1b28 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ipc_priv.h
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ipc_priv.h
@@ -34,4 +34,7 @@ struct __old_ipc_perm
 #define MSGRCV_ARGS(__msgp, __msgtyp) \
   ((long int []){ (long int) __msgp, __msgtyp })
 
+#define SEMTIMEDOP_IPC_ARGS(__nsops, __sops, __timeout) \
+  (__nsops), 0, (__sops), (__timeout)
+
 #include <ipc_ops.h>
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/ipc_priv.h b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/ipc_priv.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..9d74e92289
--- /dev/null
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/s390-32/ipc_priv.h
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+/* Arch-specific SysV IPC definitions for Linux.  s390 version.
+   Copyright (C) 2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
+
+   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
+   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
+   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
+
+   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
+   Lesser General Public License for more details.
+
+   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
+   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
+   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
+
+#include <sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/ipc_priv.h>
+
+/* The s390 sys_ipc variant has only five parameters instead of six
+   (as for default variant) and the only difference is the handling of
+   SEMTIMEDOP where on s390 the third parameter is used as a pointer
+   to a struct timespec where the generic variant uses fifth parameter.  */
+#undef SEMTIMEDOP_IPC_ARGS
+#define SEMTIMEDOP_IPC_ARGS(__nsops, __sops, __timeout) \
+  (__nsops), (__timeout), (__sops)
+
+#include <ipc_ops.h>
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/semtimedop.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/semtimedop.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 772ee432a9..0000000000
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/s390/semtimedop.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,36 +0,0 @@
-/* Copyright (C) 2003-2019 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
-   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
-   Contributed by Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@de.ibm.com>, 2003.
-
-   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
-   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
-   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
-
-   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
-   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
-   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
-   Lesser General Public License for more details.
-
-   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
-   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
-   <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
-
-#include <sys/sem.h>
-#include <ipc_priv.h>
-#include <sysdep.h>
-#include <errno.h>
-
-/* Perform user-defined atomical operation of array of semaphores.  */
-
-int
-semtimedop (int semid, struct sembuf *sops, size_t nsops,
-	    const struct timespec *timeout)
-{
-  /* The s390 sys_ipc variant has only five parameters instead of six
-     (as for default variant) and the only difference is the handling of
-     SEMTIMEDOP where on s390 the third parameter is used as a pointer
-     to a struct timespec where the generic variant uses fifth parameter.  */
-  return INLINE_SYSCALL_CALL (ipc, IPCOP_semtimedop, semid, nsops, timeout,
-			      sops);
-}
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/semtimedop.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/semtimedop.c
index 961c6d1f0b..1d746c4117 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/semtimedop.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/semtimedop.c
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ semtimedop (int semid, struct sembuf *sops, size_t nsops,
 #ifdef __ASSUME_DIRECT_SYSVIPC_SYSCALLS
   return INLINE_SYSCALL_CALL (semtimedop, semid, sops, nsops, timeout);
 #else
-  return INLINE_SYSCALL_CALL (ipc, IPCOP_semtimedop, semid, nsops, 0, sops,
-			      timeout);
+  return INLINE_SYSCALL_CALL (ipc, IPCOP_semtimedop, semid,
+			      SEMTIMEDOP_IPC_ARGS (nsops, sops, timeout));
 #endif
 }
