diff --git a/server/change.c b/server/change.c
index 2bdc444e758..5eb1df6289c 100644
--- a/server/change.c
+++ b/server/change.c
@@ -98,38 +98,17 @@ struct inotify_event {
 
 static inline int inotify_init( void )
 {
-    int ret;
-    __asm__ __volatile__( "int $0x80"
-                          : "=a" (ret)
-                          : "0" (SYS_inotify_init));
-    if (ret<0) { errno = -ret; ret = -1; }
-    return ret;
+    return syscall( SYS_inotify_init );
 }
 
 static inline int inotify_add_watch( int fd, const char *name, unsigned int mask )
 {
-    int ret;
-    __asm__ __volatile__( "pushl %%ebx;\n\t"
-                          "movl %2,%%ebx;\n\t"
-                          "int $0x80;\n\t"
-                          "popl %%ebx"
-                          : "=a" (ret) : "0" (SYS_inotify_add_watch),
-                            "r" (fd), "c" (name), "d" (mask) );
-    if (ret<0) { errno = -ret; ret = -1; }
-    return ret;
+    return syscall( SYS_inotify_add_watch, fd, name, mask );
 }
 
 static inline int inotify_rm_watch( int fd, int wd )
 {
-    int ret;
-    __asm__ __volatile__( "pushl %%ebx;\n\t"
-                          "movl %2,%%ebx;\n\t"
-                          "int $0x80;\n\t"
-                          "popl %%ebx"
-                          : "=a" (ret) : "0" (SYS_inotify_rm_watch),
-                            "r" (fd), "c" (wd) );
-    if (ret<0) { errno = -ret; ret = -1; }
-    return ret;
+    return syscall( SYS_inotify_rm_watch, fd, wd );
 }
 
 #define USE_INOTIFY
diff --git a/server/fd.c b/server/fd.c
index bc1d853d2b6..e0ec708454d 100644
--- a/server/fd.c
+++ b/server/fd.c
@@ -127,38 +127,20 @@ struct epoll_event
   epoll_data_t data;
 };
 
-#define SYSCALL_RET(ret) do { \
-        if (ret < 0) { errno = -ret; ret = -1; } \
-        return ret; \
-    } while(0)
-
 static inline int epoll_create( int size )
 {
-    int ret;
-    __asm__( "pushl %%ebx; movl %2,%%ebx; int $0x80; popl %%ebx"
-             : "=a" (ret) : "0" (254 /*NR_epoll_create*/), "r" (size) );
-    SYSCALL_RET(ret);
+    return syscall( 254 /*NR_epoll_create*/, size );
 }
 
 static inline int epoll_ctl( int epfd, int op, int fd, const struct epoll_event *event )
 {
-    int ret;
-    __asm__( "pushl %%ebx; movl %2,%%ebx; int $0x80; popl %%ebx"
-             : "=a" (ret)
-             : "0" (255 /*NR_epoll_ctl*/), "r" (epfd), "c" (op), "d" (fd), "S" (event), "m" (*event) );
-    SYSCALL_RET(ret);
+    return syscall( 255 /*NR_epoll_ctl*/, epfd, op, fd, event );
 }
 
 static inline int epoll_wait( int epfd, struct epoll_event *events, int maxevents, int timeout )
 {
-    int ret;
-    __asm__( "pushl %%ebx; movl %2,%%ebx; int $0x80; popl %%ebx"
-             : "=a" (ret)
-             : "0" (256 /*NR_epoll_wait*/), "r" (epfd), "c" (events), "d" (maxevents), "S" (timeout)
-             : "memory" );
-    SYSCALL_RET(ret);
+    return syscall( 256 /*NR_epoll_wait*/, epfd, events, maxevents, timeout );
 }
-#undef SYSCALL_RET
 
 #endif /* linux && __i386__ && HAVE_STDINT_H */