diff --git a/src/syscall/syscall_linux.go b/src/syscall/syscall_linux.go
index 4f88d517e4..5ce00a176e 100644
--- a/src/syscall/syscall_linux.go
+++ b/src/syscall/syscall_linux.go
@@ -881,7 +881,7 @@ func Setuid(uid int) (err error) {
 	return EOPNOTSUPP
 }
 
-func Setgid(uid int) (err error) {
+func Setgid(gid int) (err error) {
 	return EOPNOTSUPP
 }