diff --git a/include/linux/uaccess.h b/include/linux/uaccess.h
index db88f36540e9..db9b0dd0a7a3 100644
--- a/include/linux/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/linux/uaccess.h
@@ -265,6 +265,18 @@ extern long probe_user_read(void *dst, const void __user *src, size_t size);
 extern long notrace probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
 extern long notrace __probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
 
+/*
+ * probe_user_write(): safely attempt to write to a location in user space
+ * @dst: address to write to
+ * @src: pointer to the data that shall be written
+ * @size: size of the data chunk
+ *
+ * Safely write to address @dst from the buffer at @src.  If a kernel fault
+ * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
+ */
+extern long notrace probe_user_write(void __user *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
+extern long notrace __probe_user_write(void __user *dst, const void *src, size_t size);
+
 extern long strncpy_from_unsafe(char *dst, const void *unsafe_addr, long count);
 extern long strncpy_from_unsafe_user(char *dst, const void __user *unsafe_addr,
 				     long count);
diff --git a/mm/maccess.c b/mm/maccess.c
index 80d70cb5cc0b..6e41ba452e5e 100644
--- a/mm/maccess.c
+++ b/mm/maccess.c
@@ -17,6 +17,18 @@ probe_read_common(void *dst, const void __user *src, size_t size)
 	return ret ? -EFAULT : 0;
 }
 
+static __always_inline long
+probe_write_common(void __user *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
+{
+	long ret;
+
+	pagefault_disable();
+	ret = __copy_to_user_inatomic(dst, src, size);
+	pagefault_enable();
+
+	return ret ? -EFAULT : 0;
+}
+
 /**
  * probe_kernel_read(): safely attempt to read from a kernel-space location
  * @dst: pointer to the buffer that shall take the data
@@ -84,6 +96,7 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_user_read);
  * Safely write to address @dst from the buffer at @src.  If a kernel fault
  * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
  */
+
 long __weak probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
     __attribute__((alias("__probe_kernel_write")));
 
@@ -93,15 +106,39 @@ long __probe_kernel_write(void *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
 	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
 
 	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-	pagefault_disable();
-	ret = __copy_to_user_inatomic((__force void __user *)dst, src, size);
-	pagefault_enable();
+	ret = probe_write_common((__force void __user *)dst, src, size);
 	set_fs(old_fs);
 
-	return ret ? -EFAULT : 0;
+	return ret;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_kernel_write);
 
+/**
+ * probe_user_write(): safely attempt to write to a user-space location
+ * @dst: address to write to
+ * @src: pointer to the data that shall be written
+ * @size: size of the data chunk
+ *
+ * Safely write to address @dst from the buffer at @src.  If a kernel fault
+ * happens, handle that and return -EFAULT.
+ */
+
+long __weak probe_user_write(void __user *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
+    __attribute__((alias("__probe_user_write")));
+
+long __probe_user_write(void __user *dst, const void *src, size_t size)
+{
+	long ret = -EFAULT;
+	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
+
+	set_fs(USER_DS);
+	if (access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, dst, size))
+		ret = probe_write_common(dst, src, size);
+	set_fs(old_fs);
+
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(probe_user_write);
 
 /**
  * strncpy_from_unsafe: - Copy a NUL terminated string from unsafe address.