diff --git a/unix/linux/types.go b/unix/linux/types.go
index 1902573c..f2cbd2d4 100644
--- a/unix/linux/types.go
+++ b/unix/linux/types.go
@@ -968,7 +968,7 @@ const (
 )
 
 type Sigset_t C.sigset_t
-type pselect6Sigset_t struct {
+type sigset_argpack struct {
 	ss    *Sigset_t
 	ssLen uintptr // Size (in bytes) of object pointed to by ss.
 }
diff --git a/unix/syscall_linux.go b/unix/syscall_linux.go
index e2966880..d2025c16 100644
--- a/unix/syscall_linux.go
+++ b/unix/syscall_linux.go
@@ -1885,7 +1885,7 @@ func Getpgrp() (pid int) {
 //sys	PerfEventOpen(attr *PerfEventAttr, pid int, cpu int, groupFd int, flags int) (fd int, err error)
 //sys	PivotRoot(newroot string, putold string) (err error) = SYS_PIVOT_ROOT
 //sys	Prctl(option int, arg2 uintptr, arg3 uintptr, arg4 uintptr, arg5 uintptr) (err error)
-//sys	pselect6(nfd int, r *FdSet, w *FdSet, e *FdSet, timeout *Timespec, sigmask *pselect6Sigset_t) (n int, err error)
+//sys	pselect6(nfd int, r *FdSet, w *FdSet, e *FdSet, timeout *Timespec, sigmask *sigset_argpack) (n int, err error)
 //sys	read(fd int, p []byte) (n int, err error)
 //sys	Removexattr(path string, attr string) (err error)
 //sys	Renameat2(olddirfd int, oldpath string, newdirfd int, newpath string, flags uint) (err error)
@@ -2450,16 +2450,17 @@ func Pselect(nfd int, r *FdSet, w *FdSet, e *FdSet, timeout *Timespec, sigmask *
 
 	// The final argument of the pselect6() system call is not a
 	// sigset_t * pointer, but is instead a structure
-	var kernelMask *pselect6Sigset_t
+	var kernelMask *sigset_argpack
 	if sigmask != nil {
-		wordBits := 32 << (^uintptr(0) >> 63)
-		sigsetWords := (_C__NSIG - 1 + wordBits - 1) / (wordBits)
+		wordBits := 32 << (^uintptr(0) >> 63) // see math.intSize
 
 		// A sigset stores one bit per signal,
 		// offset by 1 (because signal 0 does not exist).
 		// So the number of words needed is ⌈__C_NSIG - 1 / wordBits⌉.
+		sigsetWords := (_C__NSIG - 1 + wordBits - 1) / (wordBits)
+
 		sigsetBytes := sigsetWords * (wordBits / 8)
-		kernelMask = &pselect6Sigset_t{
+		kernelMask = &sigset_argpack{
 			ss:    sigmask,
 			ssLen: uintptr(sigsetBytes),
 		}
diff --git a/unix/zsyscall_linux.go b/unix/zsyscall_linux.go
index 44e033a1..a07321be 100644
--- a/unix/zsyscall_linux.go
+++ b/unix/zsyscall_linux.go
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ func Prctl(option int, arg2 uintptr, arg3 uintptr, arg4 uintptr, arg5 uintptr) (
 
 // THIS FILE IS GENERATED BY THE COMMAND AT THE TOP; DO NOT EDIT
 
-func pselect6(nfd int, r *FdSet, w *FdSet, e *FdSet, timeout *Timespec, sigmask *pselect6Sigset_t) (n int, err error) {
+func pselect6(nfd int, r *FdSet, w *FdSet, e *FdSet, timeout *Timespec, sigmask *sigset_argpack) (n int, err error) {
 	r0, _, e1 := Syscall6(SYS_PSELECT6, uintptr(nfd), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(r)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(w)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(e)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(timeout)), uintptr(unsafe.Pointer(sigmask)))
 	n = int(r0)
 	if e1 != 0 {
diff --git a/unix/ztypes_linux.go b/unix/ztypes_linux.go
index 69f3eecf..26ef52aa 100644
--- a/unix/ztypes_linux.go
+++ b/unix/ztypes_linux.go
@@ -866,7 +866,7 @@ const (
 	POLLNVAL = 0x20
 )
 
-type pselect6Sigset_t struct {
+type sigset_argpack struct {
 	ss    *Sigset_t
 	ssLen uintptr
 }