diff --git a/fs/fs-writeback.c b/fs/fs-writeback.c
index 149227160ff0..58b27e4070a3 100644
--- a/fs/fs-writeback.c
+++ b/fs/fs-writeback.c
@@ -2184,7 +2184,7 @@ static int __init start_dirtytime_writeback(void)
 __initcall(start_dirtytime_writeback);
 
 int dirtytime_interval_handler(struct ctl_table *table, int write,
-			       void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
+			       void *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	int ret;