diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
index b83f6bcfa51a4eefc745d819e8eb9592f4af990c..905523cc281f52cbe84d9f75f546082cdeece237 100644
--- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -788,12 +788,6 @@ static int sg_ioctl_trans(unsigned int fd, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 	if (put_user(compat_ptr(data), &sgio->usr_ptr))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	if (copy_in_user(&sgio->status, &sgio32->status,
-			 (4 * sizeof(unsigned char)) +
-			 (2 * sizeof(unsigned short)) +
-			 (3 * sizeof(int))))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
 	err = sys_ioctl(fd, cmd, (unsigned long) sgio);
 
 	if (err >= 0) {