diff --git a/src/cpu/kvm/perfevent.cc b/src/cpu/kvm/perfevent.cc
index 0b5960d..5a1c612 100644
--- a/src/cpu/kvm/perfevent.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/kvm/perfevent.cc
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@
 }
 
 pid_t
-PerfKvmCounter::gettid()
+PerfKvmCounter::sysGettid()
 {
     return syscall(__NR_gettid);
 }
diff --git a/src/cpu/kvm/perfevent.hh b/src/cpu/kvm/perfevent.hh
index b1b0da2..16a9686 100644
--- a/src/cpu/kvm/perfevent.hh
+++ b/src/cpu/kvm/perfevent.hh
@@ -297,7 +297,7 @@
      *
      * @param signal Signal to send upon overflow
      */
-    void enableSignals(int signal) { enableSignals(gettid(), signal); }
+    void enableSignals(int signal) { enableSignals(sysGettid(), signal); }
 
 private:
     // Disallow copying
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@
      *
      * @return Current thread's TID
      */
-    pid_t gettid();
+    pid_t sysGettid();
 
     /**
      * MMAP the PerfEvent file descriptor.
diff --git a/src/cpu/kvm/timer.cc b/src/cpu/kvm/timer.cc
index 8d3e69f..22b1954 100644
--- a/src/cpu/kvm/timer.cc
+++ b/src/cpu/kvm/timer.cc
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@
 #endif
 
 static pid_t
-gettid()
+sysGettid()
 {
     return syscall(__NR_gettid);
 }
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@
 
     sev.sigev_notify = SIGEV_THREAD_ID;
     sev.sigev_signo = signo;
-    sev.sigev_notify_thread_id = gettid();
+    sev.sigev_notify_thread_id = sysGettid();
     sev.sigev_value.sival_ptr = NULL;
 
     while (timer_create(clockID, &sev, &timer) == -1) {