diff --git a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
index 08479daa6781..e4a4f82ea13f 100644
--- a/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/xfs/xfs_ioctl.c
@@ -403,6 +403,7 @@ xfs_attrlist_by_handle(
 {
 	int			error = -ENOMEM;
 	attrlist_cursor_kern_t	*cursor;
+	struct xfs_fsop_attrlist_handlereq __user	*p = arg;
 	xfs_fsop_attrlist_handlereq_t al_hreq;
 	struct dentry		*dentry;
 	char			*kbuf;
@@ -435,6 +436,11 @@ xfs_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(al_hreq.buffer, kbuf, al_hreq.buflen))
 		error = -EFAULT;