diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
index af4a57fdc816..1888382fa6e2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -133,8 +133,8 @@ struct user_vfp_exc;
 
 extern int vfp_preserve_user_clear_hwstate(struct user_vfp __user *,
 					   struct user_vfp_exc __user *);
-extern int vfp_restore_user_hwstate(struct user_vfp __user *,
-				    struct user_vfp_exc __user *);
+extern int vfp_restore_user_hwstate(struct user_vfp *,
+				    struct user_vfp_exc *);
 #endif
 
 /*
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
index b23f15b1f031..4dd36737c205 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/signal.c
@@ -108,21 +108,19 @@ static int preserve_vfp_context(struct vfp_sigframe __user *frame)
 	return vfp_preserve_user_clear_hwstate(&frame->ufp, &frame->ufp_exc);
 }
 
-static int restore_vfp_context(struct vfp_sigframe __user *frame)
+static int restore_vfp_context(struct vfp_sigframe __user *auxp)
 {
-	unsigned long magic;
-	unsigned long size;
-	int err = 0;
-
-	__get_user_error(magic, &frame->magic, err);
-	__get_user_error(size, &frame->size, err);
+	struct vfp_sigframe frame;
+	int err;
 
+	err = __copy_from_user(&frame, (char __user *) auxp, sizeof(frame));
 	if (err)
-		return -EFAULT;
-	if (magic != VFP_MAGIC || size != VFP_STORAGE_SIZE)
+		return err;
+
+	if (frame.magic != VFP_MAGIC || frame.size != VFP_STORAGE_SIZE)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	return vfp_restore_user_hwstate(&frame->ufp, &frame->ufp_exc);
+	return vfp_restore_user_hwstate(&frame.ufp, &frame.ufp_exc);
 }
 
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c b/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c
index 73085d3482ed..d3eadb71556e 100644
--- a/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c
+++ b/arch/arm/vfp/vfpmodule.c
@@ -597,13 +597,11 @@ int vfp_preserve_user_clear_hwstate(struct user_vfp __user *ufp,
 }
 
 /* Sanitise and restore the current VFP state from the provided structures. */
-int vfp_restore_user_hwstate(struct user_vfp __user *ufp,
-			     struct user_vfp_exc __user *ufp_exc)
+int vfp_restore_user_hwstate(struct user_vfp *ufp, struct user_vfp_exc *ufp_exc)
 {
 	struct thread_info *thread = current_thread_info();
 	struct vfp_hard_struct *hwstate = &thread->vfpstate.hard;
 	unsigned long fpexc;
-	int err = 0;
 
 	/* Disable VFP to avoid corrupting the new thread state. */
 	vfp_flush_hwstate(thread);
@@ -612,17 +610,16 @@ int vfp_restore_user_hwstate(struct user_vfp __user *ufp,
 	 * Copy the floating point registers. There can be unused
 	 * registers see asm/hwcap.h for details.
 	 */
-	err |= __copy_from_user(&hwstate->fpregs, &ufp->fpregs,
-				sizeof(hwstate->fpregs));
+	memcpy(&hwstate->fpregs, &ufp->fpregs, sizeof(hwstate->fpregs));
 	/*
 	 * Copy the status and control register.
 	 */
-	__get_user_error(hwstate->fpscr, &ufp->fpscr, err);
+	hwstate->fpscr = ufp->fpscr;
 
 	/*
 	 * Sanitise and restore the exception registers.
 	 */
-	__get_user_error(fpexc, &ufp_exc->fpexc, err);
+	fpexc = ufp_exc->fpexc;
 
 	/* Ensure the VFP is enabled. */
 	fpexc |= FPEXC_EN;
@@ -631,10 +628,10 @@ int vfp_restore_user_hwstate(struct user_vfp __user *ufp,
 	fpexc &= ~(FPEXC_EX | FPEXC_FP2V);
 	hwstate->fpexc = fpexc;
 
-	__get_user_error(hwstate->fpinst, &ufp_exc->fpinst, err);
-	__get_user_error(hwstate->fpinst2, &ufp_exc->fpinst2, err);
+	hwstate->fpinst = ufp_exc->fpinst;
+	hwstate->fpinst2 = ufp_exc->fpinst2;
 
-	return err ? -EFAULT : 0;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 /*