diff --git a/src/core/linux/SDL_evdev.c b/src/core/linux/SDL_evdev.c
index f5ab06253e..b22dea9c72 100644
--- a/src/core/linux/SDL_evdev.c
+++ b/src/core/linux/SDL_evdev.c
@@ -188,9 +188,9 @@ SDL_EVDEV_Init(void)
                    ROM. */
                 char* rest = (char*) devices;
                 char* spec;
-                while ((spec = strtok_r(rest, ",", &rest))) {
+                while ((spec = SDL_strtokr(rest, ",", &rest))) {
                     char* endofcls = 0;
-                    long cls = strtol(spec, &endofcls, 0);
+                    long cls = SDL_strtol(spec, &endofcls, 0);
                     if (endofcls)
                         SDL_EVDEV_device_added(endofcls + 1, cls);
                 }