diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/strncpy_from_user.S b/arch/arm/lib/strncpy_from_user.S
index 629cc8775276..35649f04fcac 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/strncpy_from_user.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/strncpy_from_user.S
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
  *  -EFAULT on exception, or "len" if we fill the whole buffer
  */
 ENTRY(__arch_strncpy_from_user)
-	save_lr
 	mov	ip, r1
 1:	subs	r2, r2, #1
 USER(	ldrplbt	r3, [r1], #1)
@@ -31,13 +30,13 @@ USER(	ldrplbt	r3, [r1], #1)
 	bne	1b
 	sub	r1, r1, #1	@ take NUL character out of count
 2:	sub	r0, r1, ip
-	restore_pc
+	mov	pc, lr
 
 	.section .fixup,"ax"
 	.align	0
 9001:	mov	r3, #0
 	strb	r3, [r0, #0]	@ null terminate
 	mov	r0, #-EFAULT
-	restore_pc
+	mov	pc, lr
 	.previous
 
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/strnlen_user.S b/arch/arm/lib/strnlen_user.S
index 67bcd8268128..3668a15991ef 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/strnlen_user.S
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/strnlen_user.S
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
  *	      or zero on exception, or n + 1 if too long
  */
 ENTRY(__arch_strnlen_user)
-	save_lr
 	mov	r2, r0
 1:
 USER(	ldrbt	r3, [r0], #1)
@@ -31,10 +30,10 @@ USER(	ldrbt	r3, [r0], #1)
 	bne	1b
 	add	r0, r0, #1
 2:	sub	r0, r0, r2
-	restore_pc
+	mov	pc, lr
 
 	.section .fixup,"ax"
 	.align	0
 9001:	mov	r0, #0
-	restore_pc
+	mov	pc, lr
 	.previous
diff --git a/include/asm-arm/assembler.h b/include/asm-arm/assembler.h
index add451ab8947..b97cb3e1ba72 100644
--- a/include/asm-arm/assembler.h
+++ b/include/asm-arm/assembler.h
@@ -100,18 +100,6 @@
 	msr	cpsr_c, \oldcpsr
 	.endm
 
-/*
- * These two are used to save LR/restore PC over a user-based access.
- * The old 26-bit architecture requires that we do.  On 32-bit
- * architecture, we can safely ignore this requirement.
- */
-	.macro	save_lr
-	.endm
-
-	.macro	restore_pc
-	mov	pc, lr
-	.endm
-
 #define USER(x...)				\
 9999:	x;					\
 	.section __ex_table,"a";		\