diff --git a/include/linux/ftrace.h b/include/linux/ftrace.h
index ddfc377de0d2c14855bcc806c5d8f8d6b5178258..fce81238f304d3097400d7030a663e4feb938107 100644
--- a/include/linux/ftrace.h
+++ b/include/linux/ftrace.h
@@ -319,9 +319,8 @@ static inline void arch_ftrace_set_direct_caller(struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 extern int stack_tracer_enabled;
 
-int stack_trace_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
-		       void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
-		       loff_t *ppos);
+int stack_trace_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
+		       size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos);
 
 /* DO NOT MODIFY THIS VARIABLE DIRECTLY! */
 DECLARE_PER_CPU(int, disable_stack_tracer);
diff --git a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
index c557f42a93971a96512fb90bb4e7be2f0e550b2a..98bba4764c5273d8b44f7d89c9dfa196436230ef 100644
--- a/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
+++ b/kernel/trace/trace_stack.c
@@ -515,9 +515,8 @@ static const struct file_operations stack_trace_filter_fops = {
 #endif /* CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE */
 
 int
-stack_trace_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
-		   void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp,
-		   loff_t *ppos)
+stack_trace_sysctl(struct ctl_table *table, int write, void *buffer,
+		   size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	int was_enabled;
 	int ret;