for (i = 0; i < num_regs; ++i) {
                unsigned int idx = start + i;
-               void *reg;
+               compat_ulong_t reg;
 
                switch (idx) {
                case 15:
-                       reg = (void *)&task_pt_regs(target)->pc;
+                       reg = task_pt_regs(target)->pc;
                        break;
                case 16:
-                       reg = (void *)&task_pt_regs(target)->pstate;
+                       reg = task_pt_regs(target)->pstate;
                        break;
                case 17:
-                       reg = (void *)&task_pt_regs(target)->orig_x0;
+                       reg = task_pt_regs(target)->orig_x0;
                        break;
                default:
-                       reg = (void *)&task_pt_regs(target)->regs[idx];
+                       reg = task_pt_regs(target)->regs[idx];
                }
 
-               ret = copy_to_user(ubuf, reg, sizeof(compat_ulong_t));
-
+               ret = copy_to_user(ubuf, ®, sizeof(reg));
                if (ret)
                        break;
-               else
-                       ubuf += sizeof(compat_ulong_t);
+
+               ubuf += sizeof(reg);
        }
 
        return ret;
 
        for (i = 0; i < num_regs; ++i) {
                unsigned int idx = start + i;
-               void *reg;
+               compat_ulong_t reg;
+
+               ret = copy_from_user(®, ubuf, sizeof(reg));
+               if (ret)
+                       return ret;
+
+               ubuf += sizeof(reg);
 
                switch (idx) {
                case 15:
-                       reg = (void *)&newregs.pc;
+                       newregs.pc = reg;
                        break;
                case 16:
-                       reg = (void *)&newregs.pstate;
+                       newregs.pstate = reg;
                        break;
                case 17:
-                       reg = (void *)&newregs.orig_x0;
+                       newregs.orig_x0 = reg;
                        break;
                default:
-                       reg = (void *)&newregs.regs[idx];
+                       newregs.regs[idx] = reg;
                }
 
-               ret = copy_from_user(reg, ubuf, sizeof(compat_ulong_t));
-
-               if (ret)
-                       goto out;
-               else
-                       ubuf += sizeof(compat_ulong_t);
        }
 
        if (valid_user_regs(&newregs.user_regs))
        else
                ret = -EINVAL;
 
-out:
        return ret;
 }