1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions

diff --git a/mm/util.c b/mm/util.c
index 34e57fae959d..4b93ffa6df96 100644
--- a/mm/util.c
+++ b/mm/util.c
@@ -156,12 +156,7 @@ void *memdup_user(const void __user *src, size_t len)
 {
         void *p;
 
-        /*
-         * Always use GFP_KERNEL, since copy_from_user() can sleep and
-         * cause pagefault, which makes it pointless to use GFP_NOFS
-         * or GFP_ATOMIC.
-         */
-        p = kmalloc_track_caller(len, GFP_KERNEL);
+        p = kmalloc_track_caller(len, GFP_USER);
         if (!p)
                 return ERR_PTR(-ENOMEM);