diff --git a/include/linux/dvb/video.h b/include/linux/dvb/video.h
index b1999bfeaa5621556e0f98cd86e1a4fa9b59d745..b81e58b2ebf8d0ba3b39ba31399cb8756b4c63ad 100644
--- a/include/linux/dvb/video.h
+++ b/include/linux/dvb/video.h
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ typedef struct video_spu {
 
 typedef struct video_spu_palette {      /* SPU Palette information */
 	int length;
-	uint8_t *palette;
+	uint8_t __user *palette;
 } video_spu_palette_t;