diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c
index 29b46581ddd1..dc1d1bcd85ec 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c
@@ -15,6 +15,12 @@
 #include "cow.h"
 #include "cow_sys.h"
 
+/*
+ * arch/um/Makefile remaps strrchr to kernel_strrchr; call the kernel
+ * name directly to avoid glibc >= 2.43's C23 strrchr macro.
+ */
+char *kernel_strrchr(const char *, int);
+
 #define PATH_LEN_V1 256
 
 /* unsigned time_t works until year 2106 */
@@ -153,7 +159,7 @@ static int absolutize(char *to, int size, char *from)
 			   errno);
 		return -1;
 	}
-	slash = strrchr(from, '/');
+	slash = kernel_strrchr(from, '/');
 	if (slash != NULL) {
 		*slash = '\0';
 		if (chdir(from)) {