1 files changed, 3 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/ipc/compat.c b/ipc/compat.c
index 98b9016cab6c..a4695ada3275 100644
--- a/ipc/compat.c
+++ b/ipc/compat.c
@@ -753,14 +753,8 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(semtimedop, int, semid, struct sembuf __user *, tsems,
                        unsigned, nsops,
                        const struct compat_timespec __user *, timeout)
 {
-        struct timespec __user *ts64 = NULL;
-        if (timeout) {
-                struct timespec ts;
-                ts64 = compat_alloc_user_space(sizeof(*ts64));
-                if (get_compat_timespec(&ts, timeout))
-                        return -EFAULT;
-                if (copy_to_user(ts64, &ts, sizeof(ts)))
-                        return -EFAULT;
-        }
+        struct timespec __user *ts64;
+        if (compat_convert_timespec(&ts64, timeout))
+                return -EFAULT;
         return sys_semtimedop(semid, tsems, nsops, ts64);
 }