diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
index fa0bc4d46065..d3c0e4b8bf42 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl32.c
@@ -347,6 +347,7 @@ xfs_compat_attrlist_by_handle(
 {
 	int			error;
 	attrlist_cursor_kern_t	*cursor;
+	compat_xfs_fsop_attrlist_handlereq_t __user *p = arg;
 	compat_xfs_fsop_attrlist_handlereq_t al_hreq;
 	struct dentry		*dentry;
 	char			*kbuf;
@@ -381,6 +382,11 @@ xfs_compat_attrlist_by_handle(
 	if (error)
 		goto out_kfree;
 
+	if (copy_to_user(&p->pos, cursor, sizeof(attrlist_cursor_kern_t))) {
+		error = -EFAULT;
+		goto out_kfree;
+	}
+
 	if (copy_to_user(compat_ptr(al_hreq.buffer), kbuf, al_hreq.buflen))
 		error = -EFAULT;