diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
index 6e921754c8fc..c210a25dd6da 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -1180,13 +1180,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE2(osf_getrusage, int, who, struct rusage32 __user *, ru)
 SYSCALL_DEFINE4(osf_wait4, pid_t, pid, int __user *, ustatus, int, options,
 		struct rusage32 __user *, ur)
 {
-	unsigned int status = 0;
 	struct rusage r;
-	long err = kernel_wait4(pid, &status, options, &r);
+	long err = kernel_wait4(pid, ustatus, options, &r);
 	if (err <= 0)
 		return err;
-	if (put_user(status, ustatus))
-		return -EFAULT;
 	if (!ur)
 		return err;
 	if (put_tv_to_tv32(&ur->ru_utime, &r.ru_utime))
diff --git a/include/linux/sched/task.h b/include/linux/sched/task.h
index 5be31eb7b266..108ede99e533 100644
--- a/include/linux/sched/task.h
+++ b/include/linux/sched/task.h
@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ extern long _do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, int __user *,
 extern long do_fork(unsigned long, unsigned long, unsigned long, int __user *, int __user *);
 struct task_struct *fork_idle(int);
 extern pid_t kernel_thread(int (*fn)(void *), void *arg, unsigned long flags);
-extern long kernel_wait4(pid_t, int *, int, struct rusage *);
+extern long kernel_wait4(pid_t, int __user *, int, struct rusage *);
 
 extern void free_task(struct task_struct *tsk);