diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index 4d3fbcb2ddb1..50624d4a70c6 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -1316,7 +1316,7 @@ compat_sys_vmsplice(int fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *iov32,
 		    unsigned int nr_segs, unsigned int flags)
 {
 	unsigned i;
-	struct iovec *iov;
+	struct iovec __user *iov;
 	if (nr_segs > UIO_MAXIOV)
 		return -EINVAL;
 	iov = compat_alloc_user_space(nr_segs * sizeof(struct iovec));