diff --git a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
index a808965..3300a77 100644
--- a/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
+++ b/drivers/mtd/nand/nandsim.c
@@ -1395,7 +1395,7 @@ static ssize_t write_file(struct nandsim *ns, struct file *file, void *buf, size
 	if (err)
 		return err;
 	noreclaim_flag = memalloc_noreclaim_save();
-	tx = kernel_write(file, buf, count, pos);
+	tx = kernel_write(file, buf, count, &pos);
 	memalloc_noreclaim_restore(noreclaim_flag);
 	put_pages(ns);
 	return tx;
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_alua.c b/drivers/target/target_core_alua.c
index a91b7c2..9281276 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_alua.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_alua.c
@@ -896,13 +896,14 @@ static int core_alua_write_tpg_metadata(
 	u32 md_buf_len)
 {
 	struct file *file = filp_open(path, O_RDWR | O_CREAT | O_TRUNC, 0600);
+	loff_t pos = 0;
 	int ret;
 
 	if (IS_ERR(file)) {
 		pr_err("filp_open(%s) for ALUA metadata failed\n", path);
 		return -ENODEV;
 	}
-	ret = kernel_write(file, md_buf, md_buf_len, 0);
+	ret = kernel_write(file, md_buf, md_buf_len, &pos);
 	if (ret < 0)
 		pr_err("Error writing ALUA metadata file: %s\n", path);
 	fput(file);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
index 24cf11d..c629817 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_file.c
@@ -443,7 +443,7 @@ fd_do_prot_fill(struct se_device *se_dev, sector_t lba, sector_t nolb,
 
 	for (prot = 0; prot < prot_length;) {
 		sector_t len = min_t(sector_t, bufsize, prot_length - prot);
-		ssize_t ret = kernel_write(prot_fd, buf, len, pos + prot);
+		ssize_t ret = kernel_write(prot_fd, buf, len, &pos);
 
 		if (ret != len) {
 			pr_err("vfs_write to prot file failed: %zd\n", ret);
diff --git a/drivers/target/target_core_pr.c b/drivers/target/target_core_pr.c
index 6d5def6..dd2cd80 100644
--- a/drivers/target/target_core_pr.c
+++ b/drivers/target/target_core_pr.c
@@ -1974,6 +1974,7 @@ static int __core_scsi3_write_aptpl_to_file(
 	char path[512];
 	u32 pr_aptpl_buf_len;
 	int ret;
+	loff_t pos = 0;
 
 	memset(path, 0, 512);
 
@@ -1993,7 +1994,7 @@ static int __core_scsi3_write_aptpl_to_file(
 
 	pr_aptpl_buf_len = (strlen(buf) + 1); /* Add extra for NULL */
 
-	ret = kernel_write(file, buf, pr_aptpl_buf_len, 0);
+	ret = kernel_write(file, buf, pr_aptpl_buf_len, &pos);
 
 	if (ret < 0)
 		pr_debug("Error writing APTPL metadata file: %s\n", path);
diff --git a/fs/ecryptfs/read_write.c b/fs/ecryptfs/read_write.c
index d8af0e9..c596e7c 100644
--- a/fs/ecryptfs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/ecryptfs/read_write.c
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ int ecryptfs_write_lower(struct inode *ecryptfs_inode, char *data,
 	lower_file = ecryptfs_inode_to_private(ecryptfs_inode)->lower_file;
 	if (!lower_file)
 		return -EIO;
-	rc = kernel_write(lower_file, data, size, offset);
+	rc = kernel_write(lower_file, data, size, &offset);
 	mark_inode_dirty_sync(ecryptfs_inode);
 	return rc;
 }
diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 9cf1de8..9f3aeb1 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -512,8 +512,8 @@ ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t count, loff_t
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__kernel_write);
 
-ssize_t kernel_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t count,
-			    loff_t pos)
+ssize_t kernel_write(struct file *file, const void *buf, size_t count,
+			    loff_t *pos)
 {
 	mm_segment_t old_fs;
 	ssize_t res;
@@ -521,7 +521,7 @@ ssize_t kernel_write(struct file *file, const char *buf, size_t count,
 	old_fs = get_fs();
 	set_fs(get_ds());
 	/* The cast to a user pointer is valid due to the set_fs() */
-	res = vfs_write(file, (__force const char __user *)buf, count, &pos);
+	res = vfs_write(file, (__force const char __user *)buf, count, pos);
 	set_fs(old_fs);
 
 	return res;
diff --git a/include/linux/fs.h b/include/linux/fs.h
index 2ba8f38..0e7d3da8 100644
--- a/include/linux/fs.h
+++ b/include/linux/fs.h
@@ -2779,7 +2779,7 @@ extern int kernel_read_file_from_path(char *, void **, loff_t *, loff_t,
 extern int kernel_read_file_from_fd(int, void **, loff_t *, loff_t,
 				    enum kernel_read_file_id);
 extern ssize_t kernel_read(struct file *, void *, size_t, loff_t *);
-extern ssize_t kernel_write(struct file *, const char *, size_t, loff_t);
+extern ssize_t kernel_write(struct file *, const void *, size_t, loff_t *);
 extern ssize_t __kernel_write(struct file *, const char *, size_t, loff_t *);
 extern struct file * open_exec(const char *);
  
diff --git a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
index 243fa1c..58ea8c0 100644
--- a/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
+++ b/kernel/sysctl_binary.c
@@ -1017,6 +1017,7 @@ static ssize_t bin_intvec(struct file *file,
 		size_t length = newlen / sizeof(*vec);
 		char *str, *end;
 		int i;
+		loff_t pos = 0;
 
 		str = buffer;
 		end = str + BUFSZ;
@@ -1030,7 +1031,7 @@ static ssize_t bin_intvec(struct file *file,
 			str += scnprintf(str, end - str, "%lu\t", value);
 		}
 
-		result = kernel_write(file, buffer, str - buffer, 0);
+		result = kernel_write(file, buffer, str - buffer, &pos);
 		if (result < 0)
 			goto out_kfree;
 	}
@@ -1089,6 +1090,7 @@ static ssize_t bin_ulongvec(struct file *file,
 		size_t length = newlen / sizeof(*vec);
 		char *str, *end;
 		int i;
+		loff_t pos = 0;
 
 		str = buffer;
 		end = str + BUFSZ;
@@ -1102,7 +1104,7 @@ static ssize_t bin_ulongvec(struct file *file,
 			str += scnprintf(str, end - str, "%lu\t", value);
 		}
 
-		result = kernel_write(file, buffer, str - buffer, 0);
+		result = kernel_write(file, buffer, str - buffer, &pos);
 		if (result < 0)
 			goto out_kfree;
 	}
@@ -1192,6 +1194,7 @@ static ssize_t bin_dn_node_address(struct file *file,
 		__le16 dnaddr;
 		char buf[15];
 		int len;
+		loff_t pos = 0;
 
 		result = -EINVAL;
 		if (newlen != sizeof(dnaddr))
@@ -1205,7 +1208,7 @@ static ssize_t bin_dn_node_address(struct file *file,
 				le16_to_cpu(dnaddr) >> 10,
 				le16_to_cpu(dnaddr) & 0x3ff);
 
-		result = kernel_write(file, buf, len, 0);
+		result = kernel_write(file, buf, len, &pos);
 		if (result < 0)
 			goto out;
 	}
diff --git a/security/keys/big_key.c b/security/keys/big_key.c
index 9f4c86c..6acb00f 100644
--- a/security/keys/big_key.c
+++ b/security/keys/big_key.c
@@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ int big_key_preparse(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep)
 		 * File content is stored encrypted with randomly generated key.
 		 */
 		size_t enclen = ALIGN(datalen, crypto_skcipher_blocksize(big_key_skcipher));
+		loff_t pos = 0;
 
 		/* prepare aligned data to encrypt */
 		data = kmalloc(enclen, GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -179,7 +180,7 @@ int big_key_preparse(struct key_preparsed_payload *prep)
 			goto err_enckey;
 		}
 
-		written = kernel_write(file, data, enclen, 0);
+		written = kernel_write(file, data, enclen, &pos);
 		if (written != enclen) {
 			ret = written;
 			if (written >= 0)