diff --git a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c
index e3302f8d6429..c4699a164f76 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c
+++ b/fs/orangefs/orangefs-bufmap.c
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@ static int get(struct slot_map *m)
 
 /* used to describe mapped buffers */
 struct orangefs_bufmap_desc {
-	void *uaddr;			/* user space address pointer */
+	void __user *uaddr;		/* user space address pointer */
 	struct page **page_array;	/* array of mapped pages */
 	int array_count;		/* size of above arrays */
 	struct list_head list_link;
diff --git a/fs/orangefs/protocol.h b/fs/orangefs/protocol.h
index 61ee8d64c842..d403cf29a99b 100644
--- a/fs/orangefs/protocol.h
+++ b/fs/orangefs/protocol.h
@@ -342,7 +342,7 @@ enum {
  * that may be 32 bit!
  */
 struct ORANGEFS_dev_map_desc {
-	void *ptr;
+	void __user *ptr;
 	__s32 total_size;
 	__s32 size;
 	__s32 count;