diff --git a/kernel/printk/sysctl.c b/kernel/printk/sysctl.c
index 653ae04aab7f07..c228343eeb9759 100644
--- a/kernel/printk/sysctl.c
+++ b/kernel/printk/sysctl.c
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 static const int ten_thousand = 10000;
 
 static int proc_dointvec_minmax_sysadmin(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
-				void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+				void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	if (write && !capable(CAP_SYS_ADMIN))
 		return -EPERM;