diff --git a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
index c846cd711bb0..628d6598efe8 100644
--- a/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
+++ b/drivers/cdrom/cdrom.c
@@ -3495,7 +3495,7 @@ static int cdrom_print_info(const char *header, int val, char *info,
 }
 
 static int cdrom_sysctl_info(struct ctl_table *ctl, int write,
-                           void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+                           void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	int pos;
 	char *info = cdrom_sysctl_settings.info;