diff --git a/ipc/compat.c b/ipc/compat.c
index 4d20cfd..fa18141 100644
--- a/ipc/compat.c
+++ b/ipc/compat.c
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@
 
 extern int sem_ctls[];
 #define sc_semopm	(sem_ctls[2])
-#define MAXBUF (64*1024)
 
 static inline int compat_ipc_parse_version(int *cmd)
 {
@@ -307,35 +306,30 @@
 
 long compat_sys_msgsnd(int first, int second, int third, void __user *uptr)
 {
-	struct msgbuf __user *p;
 	struct compat_msgbuf __user *up = uptr;
 	long type;
 
 	if (first < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (second < 0 || (second >= MAXBUF - sizeof(struct msgbuf)))
+	if (second < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	p = compat_alloc_user_space(second + sizeof(struct msgbuf));
-	if (get_user(type, &up->mtype) ||
-	    put_user(type, &p->mtype) ||
-	    copy_in_user(p->mtext, up->mtext, second))
+	if (get_user(type, &up->mtype))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
-	return sys_msgsnd(first, p, second, third);
+	return do_msgsnd(first, type, up->mtext, second, third);
 }
 
 long compat_sys_msgrcv(int first, int second, int msgtyp, int third,
 			   int version, void __user *uptr)
 {
-	struct msgbuf __user *p;
 	struct compat_msgbuf __user *up;
 	long type;
 	int err;
 
 	if (first < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	if (second < 0 || (second >= MAXBUF - sizeof(struct msgbuf)))
+	if (second < 0)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	if (!version) {
@@ -349,14 +343,11 @@
 		uptr = compat_ptr(ipck.msgp);
 		msgtyp = ipck.msgtyp;
 	}
-	p = compat_alloc_user_space(second + sizeof(struct msgbuf));
-	err = sys_msgrcv(first, p, second, msgtyp, third);
+	up = uptr;
+	err = do_msgrcv(first, &type, up->mtext, second, msgtyp, third);
 	if (err < 0)
 		goto out;
-	up = uptr;
-	if (get_user(type, &p->mtype) ||
-	    put_user(type, &up->mtype) ||
-	    copy_in_user(up->mtext, p->mtext, err))
+	if (put_user(type, &up->mtype))
 		err = -EFAULT;
 out:
 	return err;