1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/scanlog.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/scanlog.c
index 054ce7a16fc3..24b157e1e890 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/scanlog.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/scanlog.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static ssize_t scanlog_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
                 return -EINVAL;
         }
 
-        if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, buf, count))
+        if (!access_ok(buf, count))
                 return -EFAULT;
 
         for (;;) {