1 files changed, 1 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/arch/frv/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/frv/kernel/ptrace.c
index a10f3092fad4..709e9bdc6126 100644
--- a/arch/frv/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/frv/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -168,9 +168,7 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request, long addr, long data)
                 ret = -EIO;
                 if (is_user_addr_valid(child, addr, sizeof(tmp)) < 0)
                         break;
-                if (access_process_vm(child, addr, &data, sizeof(data), 1) != sizeof(data))
-                        break;
-                ret = 0;
+                ret = generic_ptrace_pokedata(child, addr, data);
                 break;
 
         case PTRACE_POKEUSR: /* write the word at location addr in the USER area */