diff --git a/arch/s390/mm/gup.c b/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
index 16fb3c1615dc..1f5315d1215c 100644
--- a/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
+++ b/arch/s390/mm/gup.c
@@ -180,8 +180,7 @@ int __get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
 	addr = start;
 	len = (unsigned long) nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	end = start + len;
-	if (unlikely(!access_ok(write ? VERIFY_WRITE : VERIFY_READ,
-					(void __user *)start, len)))
+	if ((end < start) || (end > TASK_SIZE))
 		return 0;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);