diff --git a/drivers/scsi/sg.c b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
index 9f6534a025cd..f3d090b93cdf 100644
--- a/drivers/scsi/sg.c
+++ b/drivers/scsi/sg.c
@@ -612,11 +612,9 @@ sg_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
 	      scsi_block_when_processing_errors(sdp->device)))
 		return -ENXIO;
 
-	if (!access_ok(buf, count))
-		return -EFAULT;	/* protects following copy_from_user()s + get_user()s */
 	if (count < SZ_SG_HEADER)
 		return -EIO;
-	if (__copy_from_user(&old_hdr, buf, SZ_SG_HEADER))
+	if (copy_from_user(&old_hdr, buf, SZ_SG_HEADER))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	blocking = !(filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK);
 	if (old_hdr.reply_len < 0)
@@ -626,7 +624,7 @@ sg_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
 		return -EIO;	/* The minimum scsi command length is 6 bytes. */
 
 	buf += SZ_SG_HEADER;
-	if (__get_user(opcode, buf))
+	if (get_user(opcode, buf))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	if (!(srp = sg_add_request(sfp))) {
@@ -676,7 +674,7 @@ sg_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t * ppos)
 	hp->flags = input_size;	/* structure abuse ... */
 	hp->pack_id = old_hdr.pack_id;
 	hp->usr_ptr = NULL;
-	if (__copy_from_user(cmnd, buf, cmd_size))
+	if (copy_from_user(cmnd, buf, cmd_size))
 		return -EFAULT;
 	/*
 	 * SG_DXFER_TO_FROM_DEV is functionally equivalent to SG_DXFER_FROM_DEV,