diff --git a/fs/fhandle.c b/fs/fhandle.c
index 0ace128f5d23..0ee727485615 100644
--- a/fs/fhandle.c
+++ b/fs/fhandle.c
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ static long do_sys_name_to_handle(struct path *path,
 	} else
 		retval = 0;
 	/* copy the mount id */
-	if (copy_to_user(mnt_id, &real_mount(path->mnt)->mnt_id,
-			 sizeof(*mnt_id)) ||
+	if (put_user(real_mount(path->mnt)->mnt_id, mnt_id) ||
 	    copy_to_user(ufh, handle,
 			 sizeof(struct file_handle) + handle_bytes))
 		retval = -EFAULT;