1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl32.c b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl32.c
index be1527b1670c..0bf6d61f0528 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl32.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/linux-2.6/xfs_ioctl32.c
@@ -411,7 +411,7 @@ xfs_compat_attrmulti_by_handle(
         compat_xfs_fsop_attrmulti_handlereq_t   am_hreq;
         struct dentry                           *dentry;
         unsigned int                            i, size;
-        char                                    *attr_name;
+        unsigned char                           *attr_name;
 
         if (!capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
                 return -XFS_ERROR(EPERM);
@@ -440,7 +440,7 @@ xfs_compat_attrmulti_by_handle(
 
         error = 0;
         for (i = 0; i < am_hreq.opcount; i++) {
-                ops[i].am_error = strncpy_from_user(attr_name,
+                ops[i].am_error = strncpy_from_user((char *)attr_name,
                                 compat_ptr(ops[i].am_attrname),
                                 MAXNAMELEN);
                 if (ops[i].am_error == 0 || ops[i].am_error == MAXNAMELEN)