diff --git a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sasem.c b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sasem.c
index d2445fdd9015..2f366882e9d5 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sasem.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/media/lirc/lirc_sasem.c
@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ static void usb_tx_callback(struct urb *urb);
 static int vfd_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
 static long vfd_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg);
 static int vfd_close(struct inode *inode, struct file *file);
-static ssize_t vfd_write(struct file *file, const char *buf,
+static ssize_t vfd_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 				size_t n_bytes, loff_t *pos);
 
 /* LIRC driver function prototypes */
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ struct sasem_context {
 static const struct file_operations vfd_fops = {
 	.owner		= THIS_MODULE,
 	.open		= &vfd_open,
-	.write		= &vfd_write,
+	.write		= vfd_write,
 	.unlocked_ioctl	= &vfd_ioctl,
 	.release	= &vfd_close,
 	.llseek		= noop_llseek,
@@ -360,7 +360,7 @@ static int send_packet(struct sasem_context *context)
  * and requires data in 9 consecutive USB interrupt packets,
  * each packet carrying 8 bytes.
  */
-static ssize_t vfd_write(struct file *file, const char *buf,
+static ssize_t vfd_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
 				size_t n_bytes, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	int i;
@@ -389,7 +389,7 @@ static ssize_t vfd_write(struct file *file, const char *buf,
 		goto exit;
 	}
 
-	data_buf = memdup_user(buf, n_bytes);
+	data_buf = memdup_user((void const __user *)buf, n_bytes);
 	if (IS_ERR(data_buf)) {
 		retval = PTR_ERR(data_buf);
 		goto exit;