diff --git a/kernel/compat.c b/kernel/compat.c
index fb50f29d9b36..c754793c7d65 100644
--- a/kernel/compat.c
+++ b/kernel/compat.c
@@ -180,14 +180,18 @@ int get_compat_sigevent(struct sigevent *event,
 		const struct compat_sigevent __user *u_event)
 {
 	memset(event, 0, sizeof(*event));
-	return (!access_ok(u_event, sizeof(*u_event)) ||
-		__get_user(event->sigev_value.sival_int,
-			&u_event->sigev_value.sival_int) ||
-		__get_user(event->sigev_signo, &u_event->sigev_signo) ||
-		__get_user(event->sigev_notify, &u_event->sigev_notify) ||
-		__get_user(event->sigev_notify_thread_id,
-			&u_event->sigev_notify_thread_id))
-		? -EFAULT : 0;
+	scoped_user_read_access(u_event, Efault) {
+		unsafe_get_user(event->sigev_value.sival_int,
+				&u_event->sigev_value.sival_int, Efault);
+		unsafe_get_user(event->sigev_signo, &u_event->sigev_signo, Efault);
+		unsafe_get_user(event->sigev_notify, &u_event->sigev_notify, Efault);
+		unsafe_get_user(event->sigev_notify_thread_id,
+				&u_event->sigev_notify_thread_id, Efault);
+	}
+	return 0;
+
+Efault:
+	return -EFAULT;
 }
 
 long compat_get_bitmap(unsigned long *mask, const compat_ulong_t __user *umask,