diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h
index 094eb0f27954..dc9b88f2f977 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs.h
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ struct cfs_psdev_ops {
 	int (*p_close)(unsigned long, void *);
 	int (*p_read)(struct cfs_psdev_file *, char *, unsigned long);
 	int (*p_write)(struct cfs_psdev_file *, char *, unsigned long);
-	int (*p_ioctl)(struct cfs_psdev_file *, unsigned long, void *);
+	int (*p_ioctl)(struct cfs_psdev_file *, unsigned long, void __user *);
 };
 
 /*
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-module.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-module.c
index c089b044ef2e..e5bc3d349d78 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-module.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/libcfs/linux/linux-module.c
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ static long libcfs_ioctl(struct file *file,
 	}
 
 	if (libcfs_psdev_ops.p_ioctl != NULL)
-		rc = libcfs_psdev_ops.p_ioctl(&pfile, cmd, (void *)arg);
+		rc = libcfs_psdev_ops.p_ioctl(&pfile, cmd, (void __user *)arg);
 	else
 		rc = -EPERM;
 	return rc;