diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
index c421a899fc84..347611ae762f 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -583,10 +583,15 @@ static int fpa_set(struct task_struct *target,
 		   const void *kbuf, const void __user *ubuf)
 {
 	struct thread_info *thread = task_thread_info(target);
+	const unsigned int pos0 = pos;
+	char buf[sizeof(struct user_fp)];
+	int ret;
 
-	return user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
-		&thread->fpstate,
-		0, sizeof(struct user_fp));
+	ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf,
+				 buf, 0, sizeof(struct user_fp));
+	if (!ret)
+		memcpy(&thread->fpstate, buf, pos - pos0);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_VFP