diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
index bc9e2f8ae3265de120f28a7939e5c24ca8d2d1d1..a1d1b2906e8d60006090cdd62012c38f41352221 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -628,7 +628,7 @@ static int ptrace_setwmmxregs(struct task_struct *tsk, void __user *ufp)
 	if (!test_ti_thread_flag(thread, TIF_USING_IWMMXT))
 		return -EACCES;
 	iwmmxt_task_release(thread);  /* force a reload */
-	return copy_from_user(&thead->fpstate.iwmmxt, ufp, IWMMXT_SIZE)
+	return copy_from_user(&thread->fpstate.iwmmxt, ufp, IWMMXT_SIZE)
 		? -EFAULT : 0;
 }