diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lprocfs_status.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lprocfs_status.h
index d0a32d24e01102fa88e6fa55e153c6a2cc6f8a5e..adef2d25c849c08b7f21b557fa7773f9a1a37de3 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lprocfs_status.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/include/lprocfs_status.h
@@ -703,9 +703,9 @@ static struct lustre_attr lustre_attr_##name = __ATTR(name, mode, show, store)
 extern const struct sysfs_ops lustre_sysfs_ops;
 
 struct root_squash_info;
-int lprocfs_wr_root_squash(const char *buffer, unsigned long count,
+int lprocfs_wr_root_squash(const char __user *buffer, unsigned long count,
 			   struct root_squash_info *squash, char *name);
-int lprocfs_wr_nosquash_nids(const char *buffer, unsigned long count,
+int lprocfs_wr_nosquash_nids(const char __user *buffer, unsigned long count,
 			     struct root_squash_info *squash, char *name);
 
 /* all quota proc functions */