diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
index f5e2a19e0f8eb25114fa8de3478b289d4972b8a9..0ca0e3c024d7bac3993707dd7309b3fda9664a07 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -695,14 +695,19 @@ xfs_ioc_fsgeometry_v1(
 	xfs_mount_t		*mp,
 	void			__user *arg)
 {
-	xfs_fsop_geom_v1_t	fsgeo;
+	xfs_fsop_geom_t         fsgeo;
 	int			error;
 
-	error = xfs_fs_geometry(mp, (xfs_fsop_geom_t *)&fsgeo, 3);
+	error = xfs_fs_geometry(mp, &fsgeo, 3);
 	if (error)
 		return -error;
 
-	if (copy_to_user(arg, &fsgeo, sizeof(fsgeo)))
+	/*
+	 * Caller should have passed an argument of type
+	 * xfs_fsop_geom_v1_t.  This is a proper subset of the
+	 * xfs_fsop_geom_t that xfs_fs_geometry() fills in.
+	 */
+	if (copy_to_user(arg, &fsgeo, sizeof(xfs_fsop_geom_v1_t)))
 		return -XFS_ERROR(EFAULT);
 	return 0;
 }