diff --git a/lib/bitmap.c b/lib/bitmap.c
index 3f3b8051f342..c63ddd06a5da 100644
--- a/lib/bitmap.c
+++ b/lib/bitmap.c
@@ -632,19 +632,22 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_parselist);
  * @nmaskbits: size of bitmap, in bits.
  *
  * Wrapper for bitmap_parselist(), providing it with user buffer.
- *
- * We cannot have this as an inline function in bitmap.h because it needs
- * linux/uaccess.h to get the access_ok() declaration and this causes
- * cyclic dependencies.
  */
 int bitmap_parselist_user(const char __user *ubuf,
 			unsigned int ulen, unsigned long *maskp,
 			int nmaskbits)
 {
-	if (!access_ok(ubuf, ulen))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	return __bitmap_parselist((const char __force *)ubuf,
-					ulen, 1, maskp, nmaskbits);
+	char *buf;
+	int ret;
+
+	buf = memdup_user_nul(ubuf, ulen);
+	if (IS_ERR(buf))
+		return PTR_ERR(buf);
+
+	ret = bitmap_parselist(buf, maskp, nmaskbits);
+
+	kfree(buf);
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(bitmap_parselist_user);