diff --git a/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 32420824375b..30c9baffa96f 100644
--- a/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/arc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
  * Because it essentially checks if buffer end is within limit and @len is
  * non-ngeative, which implies that buffer start will be within limit too.
  *
- * The reason for rewriting being, for majorit yof cases, @len is generally
+ * The reason for rewriting being, for majority of cases, @len is generally
  * compile time constant, causing first sub-expression to be compile time
  * subsumed.
  *
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
  *
  */
 #define __user_ok(addr, sz)	(((sz) <= TASK_SIZE) && \
-				 (((addr)+(sz)) <= get_fs()))
+				 ((addr) <= (get_fs() - (sz))))
 #define __access_ok(addr, sz)	(unlikely(__kernel_ok) || \
 				 likely(__user_ok((addr), (sz))))