diff --git a/fs/proc/base.c b/fs/proc/base.c
index 4f5745af8c193809f37d9f2cfa78be383d42ef9c..01f7769da8e67bf7f7091f6ece8ca09b060b859f 100644
--- a/fs/proc/base.c
+++ b/fs/proc/base.c
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ static ssize_t mem_read(struct file * file, char __user * buf,
 
 #ifndef mem_write
 /* This is a security hazard */
-static ssize_t mem_write(struct file * file, const char * buf,
+static ssize_t mem_write(struct file * file, const char __user *buf,
 			 size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	int copied;