1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
index 466216506eb2..e6982ab21816 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls.c
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ ppc_select(int n, fd_set __user *inp, fd_set __user *outp, fd_set __user *exp, s
         if ( (unsigned long)n >= 4096 )
         {
                 unsigned long __user *buffer = (unsigned long __user *)n;
-                if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, buffer, 5*sizeof(unsigned long))
+                if (!access_ok(buffer, 5*sizeof(unsigned long))
                     || __get_user(n, buffer)
                     || __get_user(inp, ((fd_set __user * __user *)(buffer+1)))
                     || __get_user(outp, ((fd_set  __user * __user *)(buffer+2)))