diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h
index eea28ca679dbbb244c795a423533e9d1edb5f99a..bc7d9d06a6d9dedd1ac313a77f969e8c2985f7c0 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/futex.h
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ static inline int arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser(int op, int oparg, int *oval,
 {
 	int oldval = 0, ret;
 
-	allow_write_to_user(uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
+	allow_read_write_user(uaddr, uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
 	pagefault_disable();
 
 	switch (op) {
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ static inline int arch_futex_atomic_op_inuser(int op, int oparg, int *oval,
 
 	*oval = oldval;
 
-	prevent_write_to_user(uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
+	prevent_read_write_user(uaddr, uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
 	return ret;
 }
 
@@ -76,7 +76,8 @@ futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(u32 *uval, u32 __user *uaddr,
 	if (!access_ok(uaddr, sizeof(u32)))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	allow_write_to_user(uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
+	allow_read_write_user(uaddr, uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
+
         __asm__ __volatile__ (
         PPC_ATOMIC_ENTRY_BARRIER
 "1:     lwarx   %1,0,%3         # futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic\n\
@@ -97,7 +98,8 @@ futex_atomic_cmpxchg_inatomic(u32 *uval, u32 __user *uaddr,
         : "cc", "memory");
 
 	*uval = prev;
-	prevent_write_to_user(uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
+	prevent_read_write_user(uaddr, uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
+
         return ret;
 }