diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 2d30e89075e9b6aa1a6ee92df183618a4b62ea5d..3702f66493f7eac29d9829110887f1f0281c3446 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -717,8 +717,6 @@ sg_new_write(Sg_fd *sfp, struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 
 	if (count < SZ_SG_IO_HDR)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (!access_ok(buf, count))
-		return -EFAULT; /* protects following copy_from_user()s + get_user()s */
 
 	sfp->cmd_q = 1;	/* when sg_io_hdr seen, set command queuing on */
 	if (!(srp = sg_add_request(sfp))) {
@@ -728,7 +726,7 @@ sg_new_write(Sg_fd *sfp, struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 	}
 	srp->sg_io_owned = sg_io_owned;
 	hp = &srp->header;
-	if (__copy_from_user(hp, buf, SZ_SG_IO_HDR)) {
+	if (copy_from_user(hp, buf, SZ_SG_IO_HDR)) {
 		sg_remove_request(sfp, srp);
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}