diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h
index 04d73262e003..15f2d5bf8875 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cacheflush.h
@@ -268,8 +268,7 @@ extern void flush_cache_page(struct vm_area_struct *vma, unsigned long user_addr
  * Harvard caches are synchronised for the user space address range.
  * This is used for the ARM private sys_cacheflush system call.
  */
-#define flush_cache_user_range(start,end) \
-	__cpuc_coherent_user_range((start) & PAGE_MASK, PAGE_ALIGN(end))
+#define flush_cache_user_range(s,e)	__cpuc_coherent_user_range(s,e)
 
 /*
  * Perform necessary cache operations to ensure that data previously
diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
index 2b8114fcba09..df5e13d64f2c 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/thread_info.h
@@ -43,6 +43,16 @@ struct cpu_context_save {
 	__u32	extra[2];		/* Xscale 'acc' register, etc */
 };
 
+struct arm_restart_block {
+	union {
+		/* For user cache flushing */
+		struct {
+			unsigned long start;
+			unsigned long end;
+		} cache;
+	};
+};
+
 /*
  * low level task data that entry.S needs immediate access to.
  * __switch_to() assumes cpu_context follows immediately after cpu_domain.
@@ -68,6 +78,7 @@ struct thread_info {
 	unsigned long		thumbee_state;	/* ThumbEE Handler Base register */
 #endif
 	struct restart_block	restart_block;
+	struct arm_restart_block	arm_restart_block;
 };
 
 #define INIT_THREAD_INFO(tsk)						\
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
index 94104bf69719..74ad15d1a065 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/entry-common.S
@@ -442,10 +442,10 @@ local_restart:
 	ldrcc	pc, [tbl, scno, lsl #2]		@ call sys_* routine
 
 	add	r1, sp, #S_OFF
-2:	mov	why, #0				@ no longer a real syscall
 	cmp	scno, #(__ARM_NR_BASE - __NR_SYSCALL_BASE)
 	eor	r0, scno, #__NR_SYSCALL_BASE	@ put OS number back
-	bcs	arm_syscall	
+	bcs	arm_syscall
+2:	mov	why, #0				@ no longer a real syscall
 	b	sys_ni_syscall			@ not private func
 
 #if defined(CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT) || !defined(CONFIG_AEABI)
diff --git a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
index ab517fcce21b..8fcda140358d 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kernel/traps.c
@@ -497,28 +497,64 @@ static int bad_syscall(int n, struct pt_regs *regs)
 	return regs->ARM_r0;
 }
 
+static long do_cache_op_restart(struct restart_block *);
+
+static inline int
+__do_cache_op(unsigned long start, unsigned long end)
+{
+	int ret;
+	unsigned long chunk = PAGE_SIZE;
+
+	do {
+		if (signal_pending(current)) {
+			struct thread_info *ti = current_thread_info();
+
+			ti->restart_block = (struct restart_block) {
+				.fn	= do_cache_op_restart,
+			};
+
+			ti->arm_restart_block = (struct arm_restart_block) {
+				{
+					.cache = {
+						.start	= start,
+						.end	= end,
+					},
+				},
+			};
+
+			return -ERESTART_RESTARTBLOCK;
+		}
+
+		ret = flush_cache_user_range(start, start + chunk);
+		if (ret)
+			return ret;
+
+		cond_resched();
+		start += chunk;
+	} while (start < end);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static long do_cache_op_restart(struct restart_block *unused)
+{
+	struct arm_restart_block *restart_block;
+
+	restart_block = &current_thread_info()->arm_restart_block;
+	return __do_cache_op(restart_block->cache.start,
+			     restart_block->cache.end);
+}
+
 static inline int
 do_cache_op(unsigned long start, unsigned long end, int flags)
 {
-	struct mm_struct *mm = current->active_mm;
-	struct vm_area_struct *vma;
-
 	if (end < start || flags)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	down_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	vma = find_vma(mm, start);
-	if (vma && vma->vm_start < end) {
-		if (start < vma->vm_start)
-			start = vma->vm_start;
-		if (end > vma->vm_end)
-			end = vma->vm_end;
+	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, start, end - start))
+		return -EFAULT;
 
-		up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-		return flush_cache_user_range(start, end);
-	}
-	up_read(&mm->mmap_sem);
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return __do_cache_op(start, end);
 }
 
 /*