diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index dca104883f0f..f67b0847ecac 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1821,8 +1821,20 @@ static int io_submit_one(struct kioctx *ctx, struct iocb __user *user_iocb,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-static long do_io_submit(aio_context_t ctx_id, long nr,
-			  struct iocb __user *__user *iocbpp, bool compat)
+/* sys_io_submit:
+ *	Queue the nr iocbs pointed to by iocbpp for processing.  Returns
+ *	the number of iocbs queued.  May return -EINVAL if the aio_context
+ *	specified by ctx_id is invalid, if nr is < 0, if the iocb at
+ *	*iocbpp[0] is not properly initialized, if the operation specified
+ *	is invalid for the file descriptor in the iocb.  May fail with
+ *	-EFAULT if any of the data structures point to invalid data.  May
+ *	fail with -EBADF if the file descriptor specified in the first
+ *	iocb is invalid.  May fail with -EAGAIN if insufficient resources
+ *	are available to queue any iocbs.  Will return 0 if nr is 0.  Will
+ *	fail with -ENOSYS if not implemented.
+ */
+SYSCALL_DEFINE3(io_submit, aio_context_t, ctx_id, long, nr,
+		struct iocb __user * __user *, iocbpp)
 {
 	struct kioctx *ctx;
 	long ret = 0;
@@ -1835,9 +1847,6 @@ static long do_io_submit(aio_context_t ctx_id, long nr,
 	if (unlikely(nr > LONG_MAX/sizeof(*iocbpp)))
 		nr = LONG_MAX/sizeof(*iocbpp);
 
-	if (unlikely(!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, iocbpp, (nr*sizeof(*iocbpp)))))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
 	ctx = lookup_ioctx(ctx_id);
 	if (unlikely(!ctx)) {
 		pr_debug("EINVAL: invalid context id\n");
@@ -1845,20 +1854,15 @@ static long do_io_submit(aio_context_t ctx_id, long nr,
 	}
 
 	blk_start_plug(&plug);
-
-	/*
-	 * AKPM: should this return a partial result if some of the IOs were
-	 * successfully submitted?
-	 */
-	for (i=0; i<nr; i++) {
+	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
 		struct iocb __user *user_iocb;
 
-		if (unlikely(__get_user(user_iocb, iocbpp + i))) {
+		if (unlikely(get_user(user_iocb, iocbpp + i))) {
 			ret = -EFAULT;
 			break;
 		}
 
-		ret = io_submit_one(ctx, user_iocb, compat);
+		ret = io_submit_one(ctx, user_iocb, false);
 		if (ret)
 			break;
 	}
@@ -1868,47 +1872,16 @@ static long do_io_submit(aio_context_t ctx_id, long nr,
 	return i ? i : ret;
 }
 
-/* sys_io_submit:
- *	Queue the nr iocbs pointed to by iocbpp for processing.  Returns
- *	the number of iocbs queued.  May return -EINVAL if the aio_context
- *	specified by ctx_id is invalid, if nr is < 0, if the iocb at
- *	*iocbpp[0] is not properly initialized, if the operation specified
- *	is invalid for the file descriptor in the iocb.  May fail with
- *	-EFAULT if any of the data structures point to invalid data.  May
- *	fail with -EBADF if the file descriptor specified in the first
- *	iocb is invalid.  May fail with -EAGAIN if insufficient resources
- *	are available to queue any iocbs.  Will return 0 if nr is 0.  Will
- *	fail with -ENOSYS if not implemented.
- */
-SYSCALL_DEFINE3(io_submit, aio_context_t, ctx_id, long, nr,
-		struct iocb __user * __user *, iocbpp)
-{
-	return do_io_submit(ctx_id, nr, iocbpp, 0);
-}
-
 #ifdef CONFIG_COMPAT
-static inline long
-copy_iocb(long nr, u32 __user *ptr32, struct iocb __user * __user *ptr64)
-{
-	compat_uptr_t uptr;
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < nr; ++i) {
-		if (get_user(uptr, ptr32 + i))
-			return -EFAULT;
-		if (put_user(compat_ptr(uptr), ptr64 + i))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
-	return 0;
-}
-
 #define MAX_AIO_SUBMITS 	(PAGE_SIZE/sizeof(struct iocb *))
 
 COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(io_submit, compat_aio_context_t, ctx_id,
-		       int, nr, u32 __user *, iocb)
+		       int, nr, compat_uptr_t __user *, iocbpp)
 {
-	struct iocb __user * __user *iocb64;
-	long ret;
+	struct kioctx *ctx;
+	long ret = 0;
+	int i = 0;
+	struct blk_plug plug;
 
 	if (unlikely(nr < 0))
 		return -EINVAL;
@@ -1916,11 +1889,32 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE3(io_submit, compat_aio_context_t, ctx_id,
 	if (nr > MAX_AIO_SUBMITS)
 		nr = MAX_AIO_SUBMITS;
 
-	iocb64 = compat_alloc_user_space(nr * sizeof(*iocb64));
-	ret = copy_iocb(nr, iocb, iocb64);
-	if (!ret)
-		ret = do_io_submit(ctx_id, nr, iocb64, 1);
-	return ret;
+	ctx = lookup_ioctx(ctx_id);
+	if (unlikely(!ctx)) {
+		pr_debug("EINVAL: invalid context id\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (nr > ctx->nr_events)
+		nr = ctx->nr_events;
+
+	blk_start_plug(&plug);
+	for (i = 0; i < nr; i++) {
+		compat_uptr_t user_iocb;
+
+		if (unlikely(get_user(user_iocb, iocbpp + i))) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+			break;
+		}
+
+		ret = io_submit_one(ctx, compat_ptr(user_iocb), true);
+		if (ret)
+			break;
+	}
+	blk_finish_plug(&plug);
+
+	percpu_ref_put(&ctx->users);
+	return i ? i : ret;
 }
 #endif
 
