diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index b9af875..3c280d7 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@
 	static int init_enter_##sname(struct ftrace_event_call *call)	\
 	{								\
 		int num, id;						\
-		num = syscall_name_to_nr("sys"#sname);			\
+		num = __syscall_meta_##sname.syscall_nr;		\
 		if (num < 0)						\
 			return -ENOSYS;					\
 		id = register_ftrace_event(&enter_syscall_print_##sname);\
@@ -197,7 +197,7 @@
 	static int init_exit_##sname(struct ftrace_event_call *call)	\
 	{								\
 		int num, id;						\
-		num = syscall_name_to_nr("sys"#sname);			\
+		num = __syscall_meta_##sname.syscall_nr;		\
 		if (num < 0)						\
 			return -ENOSYS;					\
 		id = register_ftrace_event(&exit_syscall_print_##sname);\
diff --git a/include/trace/syscall.h b/include/trace/syscall.h
index ca09561..1531eef 100644
--- a/include/trace/syscall.h
+++ b/include/trace/syscall.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
  * A syscall entry in the ftrace syscalls array.
  *
  * @name: name of the syscall
+ * @syscall_nr: number of the syscall
  * @nb_args: number of parameters it takes
  * @types: list of types as strings
  * @args: list of args as strings (args[i] matches types[i])
@@ -20,6 +21,7 @@
  */
 struct syscall_metadata {
 	const char	*name;
+	int		syscall_nr;
 	int		nb_args;
 	const char	**types;
 	const char	**args;
@@ -30,7 +32,6 @@
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_SYSCALLS
 extern unsigned long arch_syscall_addr(int nr);
-extern int syscall_name_to_nr(const char *name);
 
 extern int syscall_enter_format(struct ftrace_event_call *call,
 				struct trace_seq *s);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
index 27eb18d..144cc14d 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_syscalls.c
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
 	return syscalls_metadata[nr];
 }
 
-int syscall_name_to_nr(const char *name)
+static int syscall_name_to_nr(const char *name)
 {
 	int i;
 
@@ -342,10 +342,8 @@
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	int num;
-	const char *name;
 
-	name = ((struct syscall_metadata *)call->data)->name;
-	num = syscall_name_to_nr(name);
+	num = ((struct syscall_metadata *)call->data)->syscall_nr;
 	if (num < 0 || num >= NR_syscalls)
 		return -ENOSYS;
 	mutex_lock(&syscall_trace_lock);
@@ -365,10 +363,8 @@
 void unreg_event_syscall_enter(struct ftrace_event_call *call)
 {
 	int num;
-	const char *name;
 
-	name = ((struct syscall_metadata *)call->data)->name;
-	num = syscall_name_to_nr(name);
+	num = ((struct syscall_metadata *)call->data)->syscall_nr;
 	if (num < 0 || num >= NR_syscalls)
 		return;
 	mutex_lock(&syscall_trace_lock);
@@ -383,10 +379,8 @@
 {
 	int ret = 0;
 	int num;
-	const char *name;
 
-	name = ((struct syscall_metadata *)call->data)->name;
-	num = syscall_name_to_nr(name);
+	num = ((struct syscall_metadata *)call->data)->syscall_nr;
 	if (num < 0 || num >= NR_syscalls)
 		return -ENOSYS;
 	mutex_lock(&syscall_trace_lock);
@@ -406,10 +400,8 @@
 void unreg_event_syscall_exit(struct ftrace_event_call *call)
 {
 	int num;
-	const char *name;
 
-	name = ((struct syscall_metadata *)call->data)->name;
-	num = syscall_name_to_nr(name);
+	num = ((struct syscall_metadata *)call->data)->syscall_nr;
 	if (num < 0 || num >= NR_syscalls)
 		return;
 	mutex_lock(&syscall_trace_lock);
@@ -436,6 +428,10 @@
 	for (i = 0; i < NR_syscalls; i++) {
 		addr = arch_syscall_addr(i);
 		meta = find_syscall_meta(addr);
+		if (!meta)
+			continue;
+
+		meta->syscall_nr = i;
 		syscalls_metadata[i] = meta;
 	}