diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c
index 8c8d63c7196c..02194773ef12 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.c
@@ -238,7 +238,7 @@ long parse_ns_duration(char *val)
 
 #define SCHED_DEADLINE		6
 
-static inline int sched_setattr(pid_t pid, const struct sched_attr *attr,
+static inline int syscall_sched_setattr(pid_t pid, const struct sched_attr *attr,
 				unsigned int flags) {
 	return syscall(__NR_sched_setattr, pid, attr, flags);
 }
@@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ int __set_sched_attr(int pid, struct sched_attr *attr)
 	int flags = 0;
 	int retval;
 
-	retval = sched_setattr(pid, attr, flags);
+	retval = syscall_sched_setattr(pid, attr, flags);
 	if (retval < 0) {
 		err_msg("Failed to set sched attributes to the pid %d: %s\n",
 			pid, strerror(errno));
diff --git a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h
index 92da41aaf4c4..e445ccf15e70 100644
--- a/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h
+++ b/tools/tracing/rtla/src/utils.h
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ update_sum(unsigned long long *a, unsigned long long *b)
 	*a += *b;
 }
 
+#ifndef SCHED_ATTR_SIZE_VER0
 struct sched_attr {
 	uint32_t size;
 	uint32_t sched_policy;
@@ -54,6 +55,7 @@ struct sched_attr {
 	uint64_t sched_deadline;
 	uint64_t sched_period;
 };
+#endif /* SCHED_ATTR_SIZE_VER0 */
 
 int parse_prio(char *arg, struct sched_attr *sched_param);
 int set_comm_sched_attr(const char *comm_prefix, struct sched_attr *attr);