diff --git a/arch/arc/kernel/process.c b/arch/arc/kernel/process.c
index 5ac3b547453fd5b4b5393fdc10dfff34a047941f..4674541eba3fd019a51aeb02db27b2bc04569412 100644
--- a/arch/arc/kernel/process.c
+++ b/arch/arc/kernel/process.c
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE0(arc_gettls)
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(arc_usr_cmpxchg, int *, uaddr, int, expected, int, new)
 {
 	struct pt_regs *regs = current_pt_regs();
-	int uval = -EFAULT;
+	u32 uval;
+	int ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * This is only for old cores lacking LLOCK/SCOND, which by defintion
@@ -60,23 +61,47 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(arc_usr_cmpxchg, int *, uaddr, int, expected, int, new)
 	/* Z indicates to userspace if operation succeded */
 	regs->status32 &= ~STATUS_Z_MASK;
 
-	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, uaddr, sizeof(int)))
-		return -EFAULT;
+	ret = access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, uaddr, sizeof(*uaddr));
+	if (!ret)
+		 goto fail;
 
+again:
 	preempt_disable();
 
-	if (__get_user(uval, uaddr))
-		goto done;
+	ret = __get_user(uval, uaddr);
+	if (ret)
+		 goto fault;
 
-	if (uval == expected) {
-		if (!__put_user(new, uaddr))
-			regs->status32 |= STATUS_Z_MASK;
-	}
+	if (uval != expected)
+		 goto out;
 
-done:
-	preempt_enable();
+	ret = __put_user(new, uaddr);
+	if (ret)
+		 goto fault;
+
+	regs->status32 |= STATUS_Z_MASK;
 
+out:
+	preempt_enable();
 	return uval;
+
+fault:
+	preempt_enable();
+
+	if (unlikely(ret != -EFAULT))
+		 goto fail;
+
+	down_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+	ret = fixup_user_fault(current, current->mm, (unsigned long) uaddr,
+			       FAULT_FLAG_WRITE, NULL);
+	up_read(&current->mm->mmap_sem);
+
+	if (likely(!ret))
+		 goto again;
+
+fail:
+	force_sig(SIGSEGV, current);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_ISA_ARCV2