diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c b/arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c
index 3e58d710013c3ad9b377fc76e6dad58f377e88a7..4b39af2dfda9963345afe18c89131c1056a90b41 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/uaccess_with_memcpy.c
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ __copy_to_user_memcpy(void __user *to, const void *from, unsigned long n)
 	}
 
 	/* the mmap semaphore is taken only if not in an atomic context */
-	atomic = in_atomic();
+	atomic = faulthandler_disabled();
 
 	if (!atomic)
 		down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);