diff --git a/unix/ioctl.go b/unix/ioctl.go
index 3559e5dc..56416786 100644
--- a/unix/ioctl.go
+++ b/unix/ioctl.go
@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ func IoctlSetInt(fd int, req uint, value int) error {
 	return ioctl(fd, req, uintptr(value))
 }
 
+// IoctlSetPointerInt performs an ioctl operation which sets an
+// integer value on fd, using the specified request number. The ioctl
+// argument is called with a pointer to the integer value, rather than
+// passing the integer value directly.
+func IoctlSetPointerInt(fd int, req uint, value int) error {
+	v := int32(value)
+	return ioctl(fd, req, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&v)))
+}
+
 // IoctlSetWinsize performs an ioctl on fd with a *Winsize argument.
 //
 // To change fd's window size, the req argument should be TIOCSWINSZ.
diff --git a/unix/syscall_linux.go b/unix/syscall_linux.go
index 3e20fcf5..5b3af2e6 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_linux.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_linux.go
@@ -82,15 +82,6 @@ func IoctlRetInt(fd int, req uint) (int, error) {
 	return int(ret), nil
 }
 
-// IoctlSetPointerInt performs an ioctl operation which sets an
-// integer value on fd, using the specified request number. The ioctl
-// argument is called with a pointer to the integer value, rather than
-// passing the integer value directly.
-func IoctlSetPointerInt(fd int, req uint, value int) error {
-	v := int32(value)
-	return ioctl(fd, req, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(&v)))
-}
-
 func IoctlSetRTCTime(fd int, value *RTCTime) error {
 	err := ioctl(fd, RTC_SET_TIME, uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(value)))
 	runtime.KeepAlive(value)