diff --git a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
index bdffb692bded453145765ab08aefa483122a0b6f..d448fedca3b923dfb9ac10b9970f8a10eef52cd6 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/mpt3sas/mpt3sas_ctl.c
@@ -1065,12 +1065,6 @@ _ctl_getiocinfo(struct MPT3SAS_ADAPTER *ioc, void __user *arg)
 {
 	struct mpt3_ioctl_iocinfo karg;
 
-	if (copy_from_user(&karg, arg, sizeof(karg))) {
-		pr_err("failure at %s:%d/%s()!\n",
-		    __FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
-		return -EFAULT;
-	}
-
 	dctlprintk(ioc, pr_info(MPT3SAS_FMT "%s: enter\n", ioc->name,
 	    __func__));