1 files changed, 1 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/arch/v850/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/v850/kernel/ptrace.c
index 3bedd144e52d..a458ac941b25 100644
--- a/arch/v850/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/v850/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -126,11 +126,7 @@ long arch_ptrace(struct task_struct *child, long request, long addr, long data)
 
         case PTRACE_POKETEXT: /* write the word at location addr. */
         case PTRACE_POKEDATA:
-                rval = 0;
-                if (access_process_vm(child, addr, &data, sizeof(data), 1)
-                    == sizeof(data))
-                        break;
-                rval = -EIO;
+                rval = generic_ptrace_pokedata(child, addr, data);
                 goto out;
 
         /* Read/write the word at location ADDR in the registers.  */