diff --git a/src/unix/linux.rs b/src/unix/linux.rs
index c803e02..a07dfb1 100644
--- a/src/unix/linux.rs
+++ b/src/unix/linux.rs
@@ -35,8 +35,7 @@ pub fn set_file_handle_times(
     if !INVALID.load(SeqCst) {
         let times = [super::to_timespec(&atime), super::to_timespec(&mtime)];
         let rc = unsafe {
-            libc::syscall(
-                libc::SYS_utimensat,
+            libc::utimensat(
                 f.as_raw_fd(),
                 ptr::null::<libc::c_char>(),
                 times.as_ptr(),
@@ -78,15 +77,7 @@ fn set_times(
     if !INVALID.load(SeqCst) {
         let p = CString::new(p.as_os_str().as_bytes())?;
         let times = [super::to_timespec(&atime), super::to_timespec(&mtime)];
-        let rc = unsafe {
-            libc::syscall(
-                libc::SYS_utimensat,
-                libc::AT_FDCWD,
-                p.as_ptr(),
-                times.as_ptr(),
-                flags,
-            )
-        };
+        let rc = unsafe { libc::utimensat(libc::AT_FDCWD, p.as_ptr(), times.as_ptr(), flags) };
         if rc == 0 {
             return Ok(());
         }
diff --git a/src/unix/mod.rs b/src/unix/mod.rs
index 8b77888..df62de4 100644
--- a/src/unix/mod.rs
+++ b/src/unix/mod.rs
@@ -58,17 +58,16 @@ fn to_timespec(ft: &Option<FileTime>) -> timespec {
         }
     }
 
+    let mut ts: timespec = unsafe { std::mem::zeroed() };
     if let &Some(ft) = ft {
-        timespec {
-            tv_sec: ft.seconds() as time_t,
-            tv_nsec: ft.nanoseconds() as _,
-        }
+        ts.tv_sec = ft.seconds() as time_t;
+        ts.tv_nsec = ft.nanoseconds() as _;
     } else {
-        timespec {
-            tv_sec: 0,
-            tv_nsec: UTIME_OMIT as _,
-        }
+        ts.tv_sec = 0;
+        ts.tv_nsec = UTIME_OMIT as _;
     }
+
+    ts
 }
 
 pub fn from_last_modification_time(meta: &fs::Metadata) -> FileTime {