diff --git a/kernel/fork.c b/kernel/fork.c
index 1ebe3dff3ad0..7a71e798712b 100644
--- a/kernel/fork.c
+++ b/kernel/fork.c
@@ -3090,7 +3090,7 @@ int unshare_files(struct files_struct **displaced)
 }
 
 int sysctl_max_threads(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
-		       void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+		       void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	struct ctl_table t;
 	int ret;