diff --git a/sound/oss/midi_synth.c b/sound/oss/midi_synth.c
index 3bc7104c5379..3c09374ea5bf 100644
--- a/sound/oss/midi_synth.c
+++ b/sound/oss/midi_synth.c
@@ -523,7 +523,9 @@ midi_synth_load_patch(int dev, int format, const char __user *addr,
 	{
 		unsigned char   data;
 
-		get_user(*(unsigned char *) &data, (unsigned char __user *) &((addr)[hdr_size + i]));
+		if (get_user(data,
+		    (unsigned char __user *)(addr + hdr_size + i)))
+			return -EFAULT;
 
 		eox_seen = (i > 0 && data & 0x80);	/* End of sysex */