diff --git a/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c b/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c
index 0f8c439b848a1eab04f0f21f2ea763863e424b2f..5231f7aaac0e483ebb8b457c3c6e2218464da409 100644
--- a/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c
+++ b/net/sunrpc/sysctl.c
@@ -60,24 +60,14 @@ static int proc_do_xprt(ctl_table *table, int write, struct file *file,
 			void __user *buffer, size_t *lenp, loff_t *ppos)
 {
 	char tmpbuf[256];
-	int len;
+	size_t len;
+
 	if ((*ppos && !write) || !*lenp) {
 		*lenp = 0;
 		return 0;
 	}
-	if (write)
-		return -EINVAL;
-	else {
-		len = svc_print_xprts(tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf));
-		if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, buffer, len))
-			return -EFAULT;
-
-		if (__copy_to_user(buffer, tmpbuf, len))
-			return -EFAULT;
-	}
-	*lenp -= len;
-	*ppos += len;
-	return 0;
+	len = svc_print_xprts(tmpbuf, sizeof(tmpbuf));
+	return simple_read_from_buffer(buffer, *lenp, ppos, tmpbuf, len);
 }
 
 static int