diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
index 7535f89e08cd..d9ac7d94656e 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -567,6 +567,7 @@ static int vr_get(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 		/*
 		 * Copy out only the low-order word of vrsave.
 		 */
+		int start, end;
 		union {
 			elf_vrreg_t reg;
 			u32 word;
@@ -575,8 +576,10 @@ static int vr_get(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 
 		vrsave.word = target->thread.vrsave;
 
+		start = 33 * sizeof(vector128);
+		end = start + sizeof(vrsave);
 		ret = user_regset_copyout(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf, &vrsave,
-					  33 * sizeof(vector128), -1);
+					  start, end);
 	}
 
 	return ret;
@@ -614,6 +617,7 @@ static int vr_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 		/*
 		 * We use only the first word of vrsave.
 		 */
+		int start, end;
 		union {
 			elf_vrreg_t reg;
 			u32 word;
@@ -622,8 +626,10 @@ static int vr_set(struct task_struct *target, const struct user_regset *regset,
 
 		vrsave.word = target->thread.vrsave;
 
+		start = 33 * sizeof(vector128);
+		end = start + sizeof(vrsave);
 		ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf, &vrsave,
-					 33 * sizeof(vector128), -1);
+					 start, end);
 		if (!ret)
 			target->thread.vrsave = vrsave.word;
 	}