1 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs.h b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs.h
index bdc842e9faef..a283274a5a09 100644
--- a/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs.h
+++ b/drivers/infiniband/core/uverbs.h
@@ -49,12 +49,20 @@
 
 #define INIT_UDATA(udata, ibuf, obuf, ilen, olen)                       \
         do {                                                            \
-                (udata)->inbuf  = (void __user *) (ibuf);               \
+                (udata)->inbuf  = (const void __user *) (ibuf);         \
                 (udata)->outbuf = (void __user *) (obuf);               \
                 (udata)->inlen  = (ilen);                               \
                 (udata)->outlen = (olen);                               \
         } while (0)
 
+#define INIT_UDATA_BUF_OR_NULL(udata, ibuf, obuf, ilen, olen)                   \
+        do {                                                                    \
+                (udata)->inbuf  = (ilen) ? (const void __user *) (ibuf) : NULL; \
+                (udata)->outbuf = (olen) ? (void __user *) (obuf) : NULL;       \
+                (udata)->inlen  = (ilen);                                       \
+                (udata)->outlen = (olen);                                       \
+        } while (0)
+
 /*
  * Our lifetime rules for these structs are the following:
  *