1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.c b/drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.c
index 789a1a857ddf..1944621930d9 100644
--- a/drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.c
+++ b/drivers/oprofile/oprofilefs.c
@@ -91,16 +91,20 @@ static ssize_t ulong_read_file(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count
 
 static ssize_t ulong_write_file(struct file *file, char const __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *offset)
 {
-        unsigned long *value = file->private_data;
+        unsigned long value;
         int retval;
 
         if (*offset)
                 return -EINVAL;
 
-        retval = oprofilefs_ulong_from_user(value, buf, count);
+        retval = oprofilefs_ulong_from_user(&value, buf, count);
+        if (retval)
+                return retval;
 
+        retval = oprofile_set_ulong(file->private_data, value);
         if (retval)
                 return retval;
+
         return count;
 }