diff --git a/arch/ia64/ia32/ia32_entry.S b/arch/ia64/ia32/ia32_entry.S
index a46f8395e9a5..af9405cd70e5 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/ia32/ia32_entry.S
+++ b/arch/ia64/ia32/ia32_entry.S
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ ia32_syscall_table:
 	data8 sys_ni_syscall
 	data8 sys_umask		  /* 60 */
 	data8 sys_chroot
-	data8 sys_ustat
+	data8 compat_sys_ustat
 	data8 sys_dup2
 	data8 sys_getppid
 	data8 sys_getpgrp	  /* 65 */
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
index 1a86f84fa947..784859cedef7 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/linux32.c
@@ -356,40 +356,6 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE1(32_personality, unsigned long, personality)
 	return ret;
 }
 
-/* ustat compatibility */
-struct ustat32 {
-	compat_daddr_t	f_tfree;
-	compat_ino_t	f_tinode;
-	char		f_fname[6];
-	char		f_fpack[6];
-};
-
-extern asmlinkage long sys_ustat(dev_t dev, struct ustat __user * ubuf);
-
-SYSCALL_DEFINE2(32_ustat, dev_t, dev, struct ustat32 __user *, ubuf32)
-{
-	int err;
-	struct ustat tmp;
-	struct ustat32 tmp32;
-	mm_segment_t old_fs = get_fs();
-
-	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-	err = sys_ustat(dev, (struct ustat __user *)&tmp);
-	set_fs(old_fs);
-
-	if (err)
-		goto out;
-
-	memset(&tmp32, 0, sizeof(struct ustat32));
-	tmp32.f_tfree = tmp.f_tfree;
-	tmp32.f_tinode = tmp.f_tinode;
-
-	err = copy_to_user(ubuf32, &tmp32, sizeof(struct ustat32)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
-
-out:
-	return err;
-}
-
 SYSCALL_DEFINE4(32_sendfile, long, out_fd, long, in_fd,
 	compat_off_t __user *, offset, s32, count)
 {
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
index 7438e92f8a01..f61d6b0e5731 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-n32.S
@@ -253,7 +253,7 @@ EXPORT(sysn32_call_table)
 	PTR	compat_sys_utime		/* 6130 */
 	PTR	sys_mknod
 	PTR	sys_32_personality
-	PTR	sys_32_ustat
+	PTR	compat_sys_ustat
 	PTR	compat_sys_statfs
 	PTR	compat_sys_fstatfs		/* 6135 */
 	PTR	sys_sysfs
diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
index b0fef4ff9827..60997f1f69d4 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/scall64-o32.S
@@ -265,7 +265,7 @@ sys_call_table:
 	PTR	sys_olduname
 	PTR	sys_umask			/* 4060 */
 	PTR	sys_chroot
-	PTR	sys_32_ustat
+	PTR	compat_sys_ustat
 	PTR	sys_dup2
 	PTR	sys_getppid
 	PTR	sys_getpgrp			/* 4065 */
diff --git a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S
index 303d2b647e41..03b9a01bc16c 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S
+++ b/arch/parisc/kernel/syscall_table.S
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@
 	ENTRY_OURS(newuname)
 	ENTRY_SAME(umask)		/* 60 */
 	ENTRY_SAME(chroot)
-	ENTRY_SAME(ustat)
+	ENTRY_COMP(ustat)
 	ENTRY_SAME(dup2)
 	ENTRY_SAME(getppid)
 	ENTRY_SAME(getpgrp)		/* 65 */
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
index 72353f6070a4..fe166491e9dc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/systbl.h
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ SYSCALL(ni_syscall)
 SYSX(sys_ni_syscall,sys_olduname, sys_olduname)
 COMPAT_SYS_SPU(umask)
 SYSCALL_SPU(chroot)
-SYSCALL(ustat)
+COMPAT_SYS(ustat)
 SYSCALL_SPU(dup2)
 SYSCALL_SPU(getppid)
 SYSCALL_SPU(getpgrp)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
index 62c706eb0de6..87cf5a79a351 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_wrapper.S
@@ -252,7 +252,7 @@ sys32_chroot_wrapper:
 sys32_ustat_wrapper:
 	llgfr	%r2,%r2			# dev_t
 	llgtr	%r3,%r3			# struct ustat *
-	jg	sys_ustat
+	jg	compat_sys_ustat
 
 	.globl	sys32_dup2_wrapper
 sys32_dup2_wrapper:
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
index 5a0d76dc56a4..8ef8876666b2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/ia32entry.S
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ ia32_sys_call_table:
 	.quad sys32_olduname
 	.quad sys_umask		/* 60 */
 	.quad sys_chroot
-	.quad sys32_ustat
+	.quad compat_sys_ustat
 	.quad sys_dup2
 	.quad sys_getppid
 	.quad sys_getpgrp		/* 65 */
diff --git a/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c b/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c
index 6c0d7f6231af..efac92fd1efb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c
+++ b/arch/x86/ia32/sys_ia32.c
@@ -638,28 +638,6 @@ long sys32_uname(struct old_utsname __user *name)
 	return err ? -EFAULT : 0;
 }
 
-long sys32_ustat(unsigned dev, struct ustat32 __user *u32p)
-{
-	struct ustat u;
-	mm_segment_t seg;
-	int ret;
-
-	seg = get_fs();
-	set_fs(KERNEL_DS);
-	ret = sys_ustat(dev, (struct ustat __user *)&u);
-	set_fs(seg);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		return ret;
-
-	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, u32p, sizeof(struct ustat32)) ||
-	    __put_user((__u32) u.f_tfree, &u32p->f_tfree) ||
-	    __put_user((__u32) u.f_tinode, &u32p->f_tfree) ||
-	    __copy_to_user(&u32p->f_fname, u.f_fname, sizeof(u.f_fname)) ||
-	    __copy_to_user(&u32p->f_fpack, u.f_fpack, sizeof(u.f_fpack)))
-		ret = -EFAULT;
-	return ret;
-}
-
 asmlinkage long sys32_execve(char __user *name, compat_uptr_t __user *argv,
 			     compat_uptr_t __user *envp, struct pt_regs *regs)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/ia32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/ia32.h
index 50ca486fd88c..1f7e62517284 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/ia32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/ia32.h
@@ -129,13 +129,6 @@ typedef struct compat_siginfo {
 	} _sifields;
 } compat_siginfo_t;
 
-struct ustat32 {
-	__u32			f_tfree;
-	compat_ino_t		f_tinode;
-	char			f_fname[6];
-	char			f_fpack[6];
-};
-
 #define IA32_STACK_TOP IA32_PAGE_OFFSET
 
 #ifdef __KERNEL__
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/sys_ia32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/sys_ia32.h
index ffb08be2a530..72a6dcd1299b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/sys_ia32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/sys_ia32.h
@@ -70,8 +70,6 @@ struct old_utsname;
 asmlinkage long sys32_olduname(struct oldold_utsname __user *);
 long sys32_uname(struct old_utsname __user *);
 
-long sys32_ustat(unsigned, struct ustat32 __user *);
-
 asmlinkage long sys32_execve(char __user *, compat_uptr_t __user *,
 			     compat_uptr_t __user *, struct pt_regs *);
 asmlinkage long sys32_clone(unsigned int, unsigned int, struct pt_regs *);
diff --git a/fs/compat.c b/fs/compat.c
index d0145ca27572..4e0db94b5353 100644
--- a/fs/compat.c
+++ b/fs/compat.c
@@ -378,6 +378,34 @@ out:
 	return error;
 }
 
+/*
+ * This is a copy of sys_ustat, just dealing with a structure layout.
+ * Given how simple this syscall is that apporach is more maintainable
+ * than the various conversion hacks.
+ */
+asmlinkage long compat_sys_ustat(unsigned dev, struct compat_ustat __user *u)
+{
+	struct super_block *sb;
+	struct compat_ustat tmp;
+	struct kstatfs sbuf;
+	int err;
+
+	sb = user_get_super(new_decode_dev(dev));
+	if (!sb)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	err = vfs_statfs(sb->s_root, &sbuf);
+	drop_super(sb);
+	if (err)
+		return err;
+
+	memset(&tmp, 0, sizeof(struct compat_ustat));
+	tmp.f_tfree = sbuf.f_bfree;
+	tmp.f_tinode = sbuf.f_ffree;
+	if (copy_to_user(u, &tmp, sizeof(struct compat_ustat)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int get_compat_flock(struct flock *kfl, struct compat_flock __user *ufl)
 {
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, ufl, sizeof(*ufl)) ||
diff --git a/include/linux/compat.h b/include/linux/compat.h
index 3fd2194ff573..b880864672de 100644
--- a/include/linux/compat.h
+++ b/include/linux/compat.h
@@ -125,6 +125,13 @@ struct compat_dirent {
 	char		d_name[256];
 };
 
+struct compat_ustat {
+	compat_daddr_t		f_tfree;
+	compat_ino_t		f_tinode;
+	char			f_fname[6];
+	char			f_fpack[6];
+};
+
 typedef union compat_sigval {
 	compat_int_t	sival_int;
 	compat_uptr_t	sival_ptr;
@@ -178,6 +185,7 @@ long compat_sys_semtimedop(int semid, struct sembuf __user *tsems,
 		unsigned nsems, const struct compat_timespec __user *timeout);
 asmlinkage long compat_sys_keyctl(u32 option,
 			      u32 arg2, u32 arg3, u32 arg4, u32 arg5);
+asmlinkage long compat_sys_ustat(unsigned dev, struct compat_ustat __user *u32);
 
 asmlinkage ssize_t compat_sys_readv(unsigned long fd,
 		const struct compat_iovec __user *vec, unsigned long vlen);