diff --git a/include/linux/seccomp.h b/include/linux/seccomp.h
index e5320f6c8654..b5103c019cf4 100644
--- a/include/linux/seccomp.h
+++ b/include/linux/seccomp.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ extern void secure_computing_strict(int this_syscall);
 #endif
 
 extern long prctl_get_seccomp(void);
-extern long prctl_set_seccomp(unsigned long, char __user *);
+extern long prctl_set_seccomp(unsigned long, void __user *);
 
 static inline int seccomp_mode(struct seccomp *s)
 {
diff --git a/include/linux/syscalls.h b/include/linux/syscalls.h
index 2ac3d13a915b..a60694fb0f58 100644
--- a/include/linux/syscalls.h
+++ b/include/linux/syscalls.h
@@ -879,7 +879,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys_renameat2(int olddfd, const char __user *oldname,
 			      int newdfd, const char __user *newname,
 			      unsigned int flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_seccomp(unsigned int op, unsigned int flags,
-			    const char __user *uargs);
+			    void __user *uargs);
 asmlinkage long sys_getrandom(char __user *buf, size_t count,
 			      unsigned int flags);
 asmlinkage long sys_memfd_create(const char __user *uname_ptr, unsigned int flags);
diff --git a/kernel/seccomp.c b/kernel/seccomp.c
index 96afc32e041d..393e029f778a 100644
--- a/kernel/seccomp.c
+++ b/kernel/seccomp.c
@@ -924,7 +924,7 @@ static long seccomp_get_action_avail(const char __user *uaction)
 
 /* Common entry point for both prctl and syscall. */
 static long do_seccomp(unsigned int op, unsigned int flags,
-		       const char __user *uargs)
+		       void __user *uargs)
 {
 	switch (op) {
 	case SECCOMP_SET_MODE_STRICT:
@@ -944,7 +944,7 @@ static long do_seccomp(unsigned int op, unsigned int flags,
 }
 
 SYSCALL_DEFINE3(seccomp, unsigned int, op, unsigned int, flags,
-			 const char __user *, uargs)
+			 void __user *, uargs)
 {
 	return do_seccomp(op, flags, uargs);
 }
@@ -956,10 +956,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE3(seccomp, unsigned int, op, unsigned int, flags,
  *
  * Returns 0 on success or -EINVAL on failure.
  */
-long prctl_set_seccomp(unsigned long seccomp_mode, char __user *filter)
+long prctl_set_seccomp(unsigned long seccomp_mode, void __user *filter)
 {
 	unsigned int op;
-	char __user *uargs;
+	void __user *uargs;
 
 	switch (seccomp_mode) {
 	case SECCOMP_MODE_STRICT: