diff --git a/include/asm-generic/uaccess.h b/include/asm-generic/uaccess.h
index b218b8513d04ba968e07fddc977859e6045e1450..ac68c999b6c2165bbba9bea374505cbc60f5abf9 100644
--- a/include/asm-generic/uaccess.h
+++ b/include/asm-generic/uaccess.h
@@ -288,14 +288,16 @@ strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src, long count)
  *
  * Return 0 on exception, a value greater than N if too long
  */
-#ifndef strnlen_user
+#ifndef __strnlen_user
+#define __strnlen_user strnlen
+#endif
+
 static inline long strnlen_user(const char __user *src, long n)
 {
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, src, 1))
 		return 0;
-	return strlen((void * __force)src) + 1;
+	return __strnlen_user(src, n);
 }
-#endif
 
 static inline long strlen_user(const char __user *src)
 {