diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/ioctl.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/ioctl.h
index 85067e248a839e544d6c386a309a9bbe9273abfb..916163401b2cfd4b55c26fa4b8adef1beef0c290 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/ioctl.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/ioctl.h
@@ -60,12 +60,16 @@
 	 ((nr)   << _IOC_NRSHIFT) | \
 	 ((size) << _IOC_SIZESHIFT))
 
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
 /* provoke compile error for invalid uses of size argument */
 extern unsigned int __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC;
 #define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t) \
 	((sizeof(t) == sizeof(t[1]) && \
 	  sizeof(t) < (1 << _IOC_SIZEBITS)) ? \
 	  sizeof(t) : __invalid_size_argument_for_IOC)
+#else
+#define _IOC_TYPECHECK(t)	(sizeof(t))
+#endif
 
 /* used to create numbers */
 #define _IO(type, nr)		_IOC(_IOC_NONE, (type), (nr), 0)