diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/skas/uaccess.c b/arch/um/kernel/skas/uaccess.c
index 7575ec489b6302a8de2d6ce0e87d902fa57c8370..f7da9d027672d1de660dca3c22695db536ca7524 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/skas/uaccess.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/skas/uaccess.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
  * Licensed under the GPL
  */
 
+#include "linux/compiler.h"
 #include "linux/stddef.h"
 #include "linux/kernel.h"
 #include "linux/string.h"
@@ -61,8 +62,7 @@ static void do_buffer_op(void *jmpbuf, void *arg_ptr)
 	void *arg;
 	int *res;
 
-	/* Some old gccs recognize __va_copy, but not va_copy */
-	__va_copy(args, *(va_list *)arg_ptr);
+	va_copy(args, *(va_list *)arg_ptr);
 	addr = va_arg(args, unsigned long);
 	len = va_arg(args, int);
 	is_write = va_arg(args, int);
diff --git a/include/linux/compiler-gcc2.h b/include/linux/compiler-gcc2.h
index 5a359153ffd970b8d781035038e7ae6e7a0d250e..ebed17660c5fa6f09cdbe4f331736abdd58a1a60 100644
--- a/include/linux/compiler-gcc2.h
+++ b/include/linux/compiler-gcc2.h
@@ -22,3 +22,8 @@
 # define __attribute_pure__	__attribute__((pure))
 # define __attribute_const__	__attribute__((__const__))
 #endif
+
+/* GCC 2.95.x/2.96 recognize __va_copy, but not va_copy. Actually later GCC's
+ * define both va_copy and __va_copy, but the latter may go away, so limit this
+ * to this header */
+#define va_copy			__va_copy