diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 8be5f54..e054459 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -557,6 +557,8 @@ struct __large_struct { unsigned long buf[100]; };
 
 extern unsigned long
 copy_from_user_nmi(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n);
+extern __must_check long
+strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count);
 
 /*
  * movsl can be slow when source and dest are not both 8-byte aligned
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
index 566e803..8084bc7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
@@ -213,11 +213,6 @@ static inline unsigned long __must_check copy_from_user(void *to,
 	return n;
 }
 
-long __must_check strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src,
-				    long count);
-long __must_check __strncpy_from_user(char *dst,
-				      const char __user *src, long count);
-
 /**
  * strlen_user: - Get the size of a string in user space.
  * @str: The string to measure.
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
index 1c66d30..fcd4b6f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
@@ -208,10 +208,6 @@ int __copy_in_user(void __user *dst, const void __user *src, unsigned size)
 	}
 }
 
-__must_check long
-strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count);
-__must_check long
-__strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count);
 __must_check long strnlen_user(const char __user *str, long n);
 __must_check long __strnlen_user(const char __user *str, long n);
 __must_check long strlen_user(const char __user *str);
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c
index 97be9cb..57252c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy.c
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #include <linux/highmem.h>
 #include <linux/module.h>
 
+#include <asm/word-at-a-time.h>
+
 /*
  * best effort, GUP based copy_from_user() that is NMI-safe
  */
@@ -41,3 +43,104 @@ copy_from_user_nmi(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n)
 	return len;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(copy_from_user_nmi);
+
+static inline unsigned long count_bytes(unsigned long mask)
+{
+	mask = (mask - 1) & ~mask;
+	mask >>= 7;
+	return count_masked_bytes(mask);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Do a strncpy, return length of string without final '\0'.
+ * 'count' is the user-supplied count (return 'count' if we
+ * hit it), 'max' is the address space maximum (and we return
+ * -EFAULT if we hit it).
+ */
+static inline long do_strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count, long max)
+{
+	long res = 0;
+
+	/*
+	 * Truncate 'max' to the user-specified limit, so that
+	 * we only have one limit we need to check in the loop
+	 */
+	if (max > count)
+		max = count;
+
+	while (max >= sizeof(unsigned long)) {
+		unsigned long c;
+
+		/* Fall back to byte-at-a-time if we get a page fault */
+		if (unlikely(__get_user(c,(unsigned long __user *)(src+res))))
+			break;
+		/* This can write a few bytes past the NUL character, but that's ok */
+		*(unsigned long *)(dst+res) = c;
+		c = has_zero(c);
+		if (c)
+			return res + count_bytes(c);
+		res += sizeof(unsigned long);
+		max -= sizeof(unsigned long);
+	}
+
+	while (max) {
+		char c;
+
+		if (unlikely(__get_user(c,src+res)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+		dst[res] = c;
+		if (!c)
+			return res;
+		res++;
+		max--;
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Uhhuh. We hit 'max'. But was that the user-specified maximum
+	 * too? If so, that's ok - we got as much as the user asked for.
+	 */
+	if (res >= count)
+		return count;
+
+	/*
+	 * Nope: we hit the address space limit, and we still had more
+	 * characters the caller would have wanted. That's an EFAULT.
+	 */
+	return -EFAULT;
+}
+
+/**
+ * strncpy_from_user: - Copy a NUL terminated string from userspace.
+ * @dst:   Destination address, in kernel space.  This buffer must be at
+ *         least @count bytes long.
+ * @src:   Source address, in user space.
+ * @count: Maximum number of bytes to copy, including the trailing NUL.
+ *
+ * Copies a NUL-terminated string from userspace to kernel space.
+ *
+ * On success, returns the length of the string (not including the trailing
+ * NUL).
+ *
+ * If access to userspace fails, returns -EFAULT (some data may have been
+ * copied).
+ *
+ * If @count is smaller than the length of the string, copies @count bytes
+ * and returns @count.
+ */
+long
+strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count)
+{
+	unsigned long max_addr, src_addr;
+
+	if (unlikely(count <= 0))
+		return 0;
+
+	max_addr = current_thread_info()->addr_limit.seg;
+	src_addr = (unsigned long)src;
+	if (likely(src_addr < max_addr)) {
+		unsigned long max = max_addr - src_addr;
+		return do_strncpy_from_user(dst, src, count, max);
+	}
+	return -EFAULT;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncpy_from_user);
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c
index d9b094c..ef2a6a5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_32.c
@@ -33,93 +33,6 @@ static inline int __movsl_is_ok(unsigned long a1, unsigned long a2, unsigned lon
 	__movsl_is_ok((unsigned long)(a1), (unsigned long)(a2), (n))
 
 /*
- * Copy a null terminated string from userspace.
- */
-
-#define __do_strncpy_from_user(dst, src, count, res)			   \
-do {									   \
-	int __d0, __d1, __d2;						   \
-	might_fault();							   \
-	__asm__ __volatile__(						   \
-		"	testl %1,%1\n"					   \
-		"	jz 2f\n"					   \
-		"0:	lodsb\n"					   \
-		"	stosb\n"					   \
-		"	testb %%al,%%al\n"				   \
-		"	jz 1f\n"					   \
-		"	decl %1\n"					   \
-		"	jnz 0b\n"					   \
-		"1:	subl %1,%0\n"					   \
-		"2:\n"							   \
-		".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n"				   \
-		"3:	movl %5,%0\n"					   \
-		"	jmp 2b\n"					   \
-		".previous\n"						   \
-		_ASM_EXTABLE(0b,3b)					   \
-		: "=&d"(res), "=&c"(count), "=&a" (__d0), "=&S" (__d1),	   \
-		  "=&D" (__d2)						   \
-		: "i"(-EFAULT), "0"(count), "1"(count), "3"(src), "4"(dst) \
-		: "memory");						   \
-} while (0)
-
-/**
- * __strncpy_from_user: - Copy a NUL terminated string from userspace, with less checking.
- * @dst:   Destination address, in kernel space.  This buffer must be at
- *         least @count bytes long.
- * @src:   Source address, in user space.
- * @count: Maximum number of bytes to copy, including the trailing NUL.
- *
- * Copies a NUL-terminated string from userspace to kernel space.
- * Caller must check the specified block with access_ok() before calling
- * this function.
- *
- * On success, returns the length of the string (not including the trailing
- * NUL).
- *
- * If access to userspace fails, returns -EFAULT (some data may have been
- * copied).
- *
- * If @count is smaller than the length of the string, copies @count bytes
- * and returns @count.
- */
-long
-__strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count)
-{
-	long res;
-	__do_strncpy_from_user(dst, src, count, res);
-	return res;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strncpy_from_user);
-
-/**
- * strncpy_from_user: - Copy a NUL terminated string from userspace.
- * @dst:   Destination address, in kernel space.  This buffer must be at
- *         least @count bytes long.
- * @src:   Source address, in user space.
- * @count: Maximum number of bytes to copy, including the trailing NUL.
- *
- * Copies a NUL-terminated string from userspace to kernel space.
- *
- * On success, returns the length of the string (not including the trailing
- * NUL).
- *
- * If access to userspace fails, returns -EFAULT (some data may have been
- * copied).
- *
- * If @count is smaller than the length of the string, copies @count bytes
- * and returns @count.
- */
-long
-strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count)
-{
-	long res = -EFAULT;
-	if (access_ok(VERIFY_READ, src, 1))
-		__do_strncpy_from_user(dst, src, count, res);
-	return res;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncpy_from_user);
-
-/*
  * Zero Userspace
  */
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
index b7c2849..0d0326f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/lib/usercopy_64.c
@@ -9,55 +9,6 @@
 #include <asm/uaccess.h>
 
 /*
- * Copy a null terminated string from userspace.
- */
-
-#define __do_strncpy_from_user(dst,src,count,res)			   \
-do {									   \
-	long __d0, __d1, __d2;						   \
-	might_fault();							   \
-	__asm__ __volatile__(						   \
-		"	testq %1,%1\n"					   \
-		"	jz 2f\n"					   \
-		"0:	lodsb\n"					   \
-		"	stosb\n"					   \
-		"	testb %%al,%%al\n"				   \
-		"	jz 1f\n"					   \
-		"	decq %1\n"					   \
-		"	jnz 0b\n"					   \
-		"1:	subq %1,%0\n"					   \
-		"2:\n"							   \
-		".section .fixup,\"ax\"\n"				   \
-		"3:	movq %5,%0\n"					   \
-		"	jmp 2b\n"					   \
-		".previous\n"						   \
-		_ASM_EXTABLE(0b,3b)					   \
-		: "=&r"(res), "=&c"(count), "=&a" (__d0), "=&S" (__d1),	   \
-		  "=&D" (__d2)						   \
-		: "i"(-EFAULT), "0"(count), "1"(count), "3"(src), "4"(dst) \
-		: "memory");						   \
-} while (0)
-
-long
-__strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count)
-{
-	long res;
-	__do_strncpy_from_user(dst, src, count, res);
-	return res;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(__strncpy_from_user);
-
-long
-strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count)
-{
-	long res = -EFAULT;
-	if (access_ok(VERIFY_READ, src, 1))
-		return __strncpy_from_user(dst, src, count);
-	return res;
-}
-EXPORT_SYMBOL(strncpy_from_user);
-
-/*
  * Zero Userspace
  */
 
