diff --git a/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c b/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c
index 8623f8dc16f8a03c9da88910537ae93fc47bc510..9a5932ec368946bf808c5faf527cbf39731b5540 100644
--- a/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c
+++ b/arch/m68k/kernel/sys_m68k.c
@@ -479,9 +479,13 @@ sys_atomic_cmpxchg_32(unsigned long newval, int oldval, int d3, int d4, int d5,
 			goto bad_access;
 		}
 
-		mem_value = *mem;
+		/*
+		 * No need to check for EFAULT; we know that the page is
+		 * present and writable.
+		 */
+		__get_user(mem_value, mem);
 		if (mem_value == oldval)
-			*mem = newval;
+			__put_user(newval, mem);
 
 		pte_unmap_unlock(pte, ptl);
 		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);