diff --git a/icmp_socket.c b/icmp_socket.c
index 5bc8649..f6a6536 100644
--- a/icmp_socket.c
+++ b/icmp_socket.c
@@ -136,7 +136,9 @@ static ssize_t bat_socket_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 
        spin_unlock_bh(&socket_client->lock);
 
-       error = __copy_to_user(buf, &socket_packet->icmp_packet,
+       //queue can contain packets larger than icmp_packet (like icmp_packet_rr),
+       //so we can't rely just on the access_ok above
+       error = copy_to_user(buf, &socket_packet->icmp_packet,
                               socket_packet->icmp_len);
 
        packet_len = socket_packet->icmp_len;