diff --git a/arch/blackfin/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/blackfin/kernel/ptrace.c
index 0982b5d5af100ab70f3aee3efbd780eb234175b2..56b0ba12175f2d6922068c4284fa9a0487a75acd 100644
--- a/arch/blackfin/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/blackfin/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -315,7 +315,7 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request, long addr, long data)
 			case BFIN_MEM_ACCESS_CORE:
 			case BFIN_MEM_ACCESS_CORE_ONLY:
 				copied = access_process_vm(child, addr, &data,
-				                           to_copy, 0);
+				                           to_copy, 1);
 				if (copied)
 					break;