diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/drm_os_linux.h b/drivers/char/drm/drm_os_linux.h
index 76e44ac94fb5..daa69c9d8977 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/drm_os_linux.h
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/drm_os_linux.h
@@ -62,14 +62,6 @@ static __inline__ int mtrr_del(int reg, unsigned long base, unsigned long size)
 
 #endif
 
-/** For data going into the kernel through the ioctl argument */
-#define DRM_COPY_FROM_USER_IOCTL(arg1, arg2, arg3)	\
-	if ( copy_from_user(&arg1, arg2, arg3) )	\
-		return -EFAULT
-/** For data going from the kernel through the ioctl argument */
-#define DRM_COPY_TO_USER_IOCTL(arg1, arg2, arg3)	\
-	if ( copy_to_user(arg1, &arg2, arg3) )		\
-		return -EFAULT
 /** Other copying of data to kernel space */
 #define DRM_COPY_FROM_USER(arg1, arg2, arg3)		\
 	copy_from_user(arg1, arg2, arg3)
diff --git a/drivers/char/drm/savage_bci.c b/drivers/char/drm/savage_bci.c
index 59484d56b333..d465b2f9c1cd 100644
--- a/drivers/char/drm/savage_bci.c
+++ b/drivers/char/drm/savage_bci.c
@@ -968,9 +968,6 @@ static int savage_bci_event_wait(struct drm_device *dev, void *data, struct drm_
 
 	DRM_DEBUG("\n");
 
-	DRM_COPY_FROM_USER_IOCTL(event, (drm_savage_event_wait_t __user *) data,
-				 sizeof(event));
-
 	UPDATE_EVENT_COUNTER();
 	if (dev_priv->status_ptr)
 		hw_e = dev_priv->status_ptr[1] & 0xffff;