diff --git a/getloadavg.c b/getloadavg.c
index 5cf0b997..7f939d2d 100644
--- a/getloadavg.c
+++ b/getloadavg.c
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ getloadavg (loadavg, nelem)
 
 #ifndef SUNOS_5
       if (
-#ifndef _AIX
+#if !(defined (_AIX) && !defined (ps2))
 	  nlist (KERNEL_FILE, nl)
 #else  /* _AIX */
 	  knlist (nl, 1, sizeof (nl[0]))