diff --git a/arch/x86/events/core.c b/arch/x86/events/core.c
index e686c5e0537b..eef816fc216d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/events/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/events/core.c
@@ -2794,7 +2794,7 @@ perf_callchain_kernel(struct perf_callchain_entry_ctx *entry, struct pt_regs *re
 static inline int
 valid_user_frame(const void __user *fp, unsigned long size)
 {
-	return (__range_not_ok(fp, size, TASK_SIZE) == 0);
+	return __access_ok(fp, size);
 }
 
 static unsigned long get_segment_base(unsigned int segment)
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
index ac96f9b2d64b..79c4869ccdd6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -16,8 +16,10 @@
  * Test whether a block of memory is a valid user space address.
  * Returns 0 if the range is valid, nonzero otherwise.
  */
-static inline bool __chk_range_not_ok(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size, unsigned long limit)
+static inline bool __chk_range_not_ok(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size)
 {
+	unsigned long limit = TASK_SIZE_MAX;
+
 	/*
 	 * If we have used "sizeof()" for the size,
 	 * we know it won't overflow the limit (but
@@ -35,10 +37,10 @@ static inline bool __chk_range_not_ok(unsigned long addr, unsigned long size, un
 	return unlikely(addr > limit);
 }
 
-#define __range_not_ok(addr, size, limit)				\
+#define __access_ok(addr, size)						\
 ({									\
 	__chk_user_ptr(addr);						\
-	__chk_range_not_ok((unsigned long __force)(addr), size, limit); \
+	!__chk_range_not_ok((unsigned long __force)(addr), size);	\
 })
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_ATOMIC_SLEEP
@@ -69,7 +71,7 @@ static inline bool pagefault_disabled(void);
 #define access_ok(addr, size)					\
 ({									\
 	WARN_ON_IN_IRQ();						\
-	likely(!__range_not_ok(addr, size, TASK_SIZE_MAX));		\
+	likely(__access_ok(addr, size));				\
 })
 
 extern int __get_user_1(void);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
index 53de044e5654..afae4dd77495 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/dumpstack.c
@@ -81,12 +81,6 @@ static int copy_code(struct pt_regs *regs, u8 *buf, unsigned long src,
 	/* The user space code from other tasks cannot be accessed. */
 	if (regs != task_pt_regs(current))
 		return -EPERM;
-	/*
-	 * Make sure userspace isn't trying to trick us into dumping kernel
-	 * memory by pointing the userspace instruction pointer at it.
-	 */
-	if (__chk_range_not_ok(src, nbytes, TASK_SIZE_MAX))
-		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/*
 	 * Even if named copy_from_user_nmi() this can be invoked from
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c b/arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c
index 15b058eefc4e..ee117fcf46ed 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/stacktrace.c
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@ copy_stack_frame(const struct stack_frame_user __user *fp,
 {
 	int ret;
 
-	if (__range_not_ok(fp, sizeof(*frame), TASK_SIZE))
+	if (!__access_ok(fp, sizeof(*frame)))
 		return 0;
 
 	ret = 1;
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c
index c3e8a62ca561..ad0139d25401 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ copy_from_user_nmi(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n)
 {
 	unsigned long ret;
 
-	if (__range_not_ok(from, n, TASK_SIZE))
+	if (!__access_ok(from, n))
 		return n;
 
 	if (!nmi_uaccess_okay())