diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/visasm.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/visasm.h
index b2667375928306d1442c475604fb0d919fd4bf09..1f0aa2024e94be341efc079f58145a2e70909052 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/visasm.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/visasm.h
@@ -39,6 +39,14 @@
 297:	wr		%o5, FPRS_FEF, %fprs;		\
 298:
 
+#define VISEntryHalfFast(fail_label)			\
+	rd		%fprs, %o5;			\
+	andcc		%o5, FPRS_FEF, %g0;		\
+	be,pt		%icc, 297f;			\
+	 nop;						\
+	ba,a,pt		%xcc, fail_label;		\
+297:	wr		%o5, FPRS_FEF, %fprs;
+
 #define VISExitHalf					\
 	wr		%o5, 0, %fprs;
 
diff --git a/arch/sparc/lib/NG4memcpy.S b/arch/sparc/lib/NG4memcpy.S
index 9cf2ee01cee371e77749469831a5f9fab9f9fa09..140527a20e7df03cc0a0dd9e6a3438f44b432177 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/lib/NG4memcpy.S
+++ b/arch/sparc/lib/NG4memcpy.S
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@
 #endif
 #endif
 
+#if !defined(EX_LD) && !defined(EX_ST)
+#define NON_USER_COPY
+#endif
+
 #ifndef EX_LD
 #define EX_LD(x)	x
 #endif
@@ -197,9 +201,13 @@ FUNC_NAME:	/* %o0=dst, %o1=src, %o2=len */
 	 mov		EX_RETVAL(%o3), %o0
 
 .Llarge_src_unaligned:
+#ifdef NON_USER_COPY
+	VISEntryHalfFast(.Lmedium_vis_entry_fail)
+#else
+	VISEntryHalf
+#endif
 	andn		%o2, 0x3f, %o4
 	sub		%o2, %o4, %o2
-	VISEntryHalf
 	alignaddr	%o1, %g0, %g1
 	add		%o1, %o4, %o1
 	EX_LD(LOAD(ldd, %g1 + 0x00, %f0))
@@ -240,6 +248,10 @@ FUNC_NAME:	/* %o0=dst, %o1=src, %o2=len */
 	 nop
 	ba,a,pt		%icc, .Lmedium_unaligned
 
+#ifdef NON_USER_COPY
+.Lmedium_vis_entry_fail:
+	 or		%o0, %o1, %g2
+#endif
 .Lmedium:
 	LOAD(prefetch, %o1 + 0x40, #n_reads_strong)
 	andcc		%g2, 0x7, %g0