diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_ioctl.h b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_ioctl.h
index d167d2eaa84d..45d1165a6ed4 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_ioctl.h
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/include/linux/libcfs/libcfs_ioctl.h
@@ -214,7 +214,6 @@ static inline bool libcfs_ioctl_is_invalid(struct libcfs_ioctl_data *data)
 
 int libcfs_ioctl_getdata(struct libcfs_ioctl_hdr **hdr_pp,
 			 const struct libcfs_ioctl_hdr __user *uparam);
-int libcfs_ioctl_popdata(void __user *arg, void *buf, int size);
 int libcfs_ioctl_data_adjust(struct libcfs_ioctl_data *data);
 
 #endif /* __LIBCFS_IOCTL_H__ */
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-module.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-module.c
index ae058956f209..890a4588049d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-module.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/linux/linux-module.c
@@ -95,13 +95,6 @@ int libcfs_ioctl_getdata(struct libcfs_ioctl_hdr **hdr_pp,
 	return err;
 }
 
-int libcfs_ioctl_popdata(void __user *arg, void *data, int size)
-{
-	if (copy_to_user(arg, data, size))
-		return -EFAULT;
-	return 0;
-}
-
 static int
 libcfs_psdev_open(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)
 {
diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/module.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/module.c
index 839145e80d98..74b92369ac02 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/module.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lnet/libcfs/module.c
@@ -168,9 +168,10 @@ static int libcfs_ioctl(struct cfs_psdev_file *pfile, unsigned long cmd,
 			if (err == -EINVAL)
 				continue;
 
-			if (!err)
-				err = libcfs_ioctl_popdata(uparam, hdr,
-							   hdr->ioc_len);
+			if (!err) {
+				if (copy_to_user(uparam, hdr, hdr->ioc_len))
+					err = -EFAULT;
+			}
 			break;
 		}
 		up_read(&ioctl_list_sem);