diff --git a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c
index 073f01390cdd..86294ed35c9b 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/v4l2-compat-ioctl32.c
@@ -193,17 +193,24 @@ static int put_video_window32(struct video_window *kp, struct video_window32 __u
 struct video_code32 {
 	char		loadwhat[16];	/* name or tag of file being passed */
 	compat_int_t	datasize;
-	unsigned char	*data;
+	compat_uptr_t	data;
 };
 
-static int get_microcode32(struct video_code *kp, struct video_code32 __user *up)
+static struct video_code __user *get_microcode32(struct video_code32 *kp)
 {
-	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, up, sizeof(struct video_code32)) ||
-		copy_from_user(kp->loadwhat, up->loadwhat, sizeof(up->loadwhat)) ||
-		get_user(kp->datasize, &up->datasize) ||
-		copy_from_user(kp->data, up->data, up->datasize))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	return 0;
+	struct video_code __user *up;
+
+	up = compat_alloc_user_space(sizeof(*up));
+
+	/*
+	 * NOTE! We don't actually care if these fail. If the
+	 * user address is invalid, the native ioctl will do
+	 * the error handling for us
+	 */
+	(void) copy_to_user(up->loadwhat, kp->loadwhat, sizeof(up->loadwhat));
+	(void) put_user(kp->datasize, &up->datasize);
+	(void) put_user(compat_ptr(kp->data), &up->data);
+	return up;
 }
 
 #define VIDIOCGTUNER32		_IOWR('v', 4, struct video_tuner32)
@@ -739,7 +746,7 @@ static long do_video_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long ar
 		struct video_tuner vt;
 		struct video_buffer vb;
 		struct video_window vw;
-		struct video_code vc;
+		struct video_code32 vc;
 		struct video_audio va;
 #endif
 		struct v4l2_format v2f;
@@ -818,8 +825,11 @@ static long do_video_ioctl(struct file *file, unsigned int cmd, unsigned long ar
 		break;
 
 	case VIDIOCSMICROCODE:
-		err = get_microcode32(&karg.vc, up);
-		compatible_arg = 0;
+		/* Copy the 32-bit "video_code32" to kernel space */
+		if (copy_from_user(&karg.vc, up, sizeof(karg.vc)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		/* Convert the 32-bit version to a 64-bit version in user space */
+		up = get_microcode32(&karg.vc);
 		break;
 
 	case VIDIOCSFREQ: