diff --git a/block/blktrace.c b/block/blktrace.c
index 20fa034..775471e 100644
--- a/block/blktrace.c
+++ b/block/blktrace.c
@@ -312,33 +312,26 @@
 /*
  * Setup everything required to start tracing
  */
-static int blk_trace_setup(struct request_queue *q, struct block_device *bdev,
-			   char __user *arg)
+int do_blk_trace_setup(struct request_queue *q, struct block_device *bdev,
+			struct blk_user_trace_setup *buts)
 {
-	struct blk_user_trace_setup buts;
 	struct blk_trace *old_bt, *bt = NULL;
 	struct dentry *dir = NULL;
 	char b[BDEVNAME_SIZE];
 	int ret, i;
 
-	if (copy_from_user(&buts, arg, sizeof(buts)))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	if (!buts.buf_size || !buts.buf_nr)
+	if (!buts->buf_size || !buts->buf_nr)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
-	strcpy(buts.name, bdevname(bdev, b));
+	strcpy(buts->name, bdevname(bdev, b));
 
 	/*
 	 * some device names have larger paths - convert the slashes
 	 * to underscores for this to work as expected
 	 */
-	for (i = 0; i < strlen(buts.name); i++)
-		if (buts.name[i] == '/')
-			buts.name[i] = '_';
-
-	if (copy_to_user(arg, &buts, sizeof(buts)))
-		return -EFAULT;
+	for (i = 0; i < strlen(buts->name); i++)
+		if (buts->name[i] == '/')
+			buts->name[i] = '_';
 
 	ret = -ENOMEM;
 	bt = kzalloc(sizeof(*bt), GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -350,7 +343,7 @@
 		goto err;
 
 	ret = -ENOENT;
-	dir = blk_create_tree(buts.name);
+	dir = blk_create_tree(buts->name);
 	if (!dir)
 		goto err;
 
@@ -363,20 +356,21 @@
 	if (!bt->dropped_file)
 		goto err;
 
-	bt->rchan = relay_open("trace", dir, buts.buf_size, buts.buf_nr, &blk_relay_callbacks, bt);
+	bt->rchan = relay_open("trace", dir, buts->buf_size,
+				buts->buf_nr, &blk_relay_callbacks, bt);
 	if (!bt->rchan)
 		goto err;
 
-	bt->act_mask = buts.act_mask;
+	bt->act_mask = buts->act_mask;
 	if (!bt->act_mask)
 		bt->act_mask = (u16) -1;
 
-	bt->start_lba = buts.start_lba;
-	bt->end_lba = buts.end_lba;
+	bt->start_lba = buts->start_lba;
+	bt->end_lba = buts->end_lba;
 	if (!bt->end_lba)
 		bt->end_lba = -1ULL;
 
-	bt->pid = buts.pid;
+	bt->pid = buts->pid;
 	bt->trace_state = Blktrace_setup;
 
 	ret = -EBUSY;
@@ -401,6 +395,26 @@
 	return ret;
 }
 
+static int blk_trace_setup(struct request_queue *q, struct block_device *bdev,
+			   char __user *arg)
+{
+	struct blk_user_trace_setup buts;
+	int ret;
+
+	ret = copy_from_user(&buts, arg, sizeof(buts));
+	if (ret)
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	ret = do_blk_trace_setup(q, bdev, &buts);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (copy_to_user(arg, &buts, sizeof(buts)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int blk_trace_startstop(struct request_queue *q, int start)
 {
 	struct blk_trace *bt;
diff --git a/block/compat_ioctl.c b/block/compat_ioctl.c
index 500cc9e..219b7e7 100644
--- a/block/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/block/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -40,6 +40,53 @@
 #define BLKBSZSET_32		_IOW(0x12, 113, int)
 #define BLKGETSIZE64_32		_IOR(0x12, 114, int)
 
+struct compat_blk_user_trace_setup {
+	char name[32];
+	u16 act_mask;
+	u32 buf_size;
+	u32 buf_nr;
+	compat_u64 start_lba;
+	compat_u64 end_lba;
+	u32 pid;
+};
+#define BLKTRACESETUP32 _IOWR(0x12, 115, struct compat_blk_user_trace_setup)
+
+static int compat_blk_trace_setup(struct block_device *bdev, char __user *arg)
+{
+	struct blk_user_trace_setup buts;
+	struct compat_blk_user_trace_setup cbuts;
+	struct request_queue *q;
+	int ret;
+
+	q = bdev_get_queue(bdev);
+	if (!q)
+		return -ENXIO;
+
+	if (copy_from_user(&cbuts, arg, sizeof(cbuts)))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	buts = (struct blk_user_trace_setup) {
+		.act_mask = cbuts.act_mask,
+		.buf_size = cbuts.buf_size,
+		.buf_nr = cbuts.buf_nr,
+		.start_lba = cbuts.start_lba,
+		.end_lba = cbuts.end_lba,
+		.pid = cbuts.pid,
+	};
+	memcpy(&buts.name, &cbuts.name, 32);
+
+	mutex_lock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
+	ret = do_blk_trace_setup(q, bdev, &buts);
+	mutex_unlock(&bdev->bd_mutex);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	if (copy_to_user(arg, &buts.name, 32))
+		return -EFAULT;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
 static int compat_blkdev_driver_ioctl(struct inode *inode, struct file *file,
 			struct gendisk *disk, unsigned cmd, unsigned long arg)
 {
@@ -197,6 +244,13 @@
 
 	case BLKGETSIZE64_32:
 		return compat_put_u64(arg, bdev->bd_inode->i_size);
+
+	case BLKTRACESETUP32:
+		return compat_blk_trace_setup(bdev, compat_ptr(arg));
+	case BLKTRACESTART: /* compatible */
+	case BLKTRACESTOP:  /* compatible */
+	case BLKTRACETEARDOWN: /* compatible */
+		return blk_trace_ioctl(bdev, cmd, compat_ptr(arg));
 	}
 	return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
 }
diff --git a/fs/compat_ioctl.c b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
index 16d681c..7106560 100644
--- a/fs/compat_ioctl.c
+++ b/fs/compat_ioctl.c
@@ -62,7 +62,6 @@
 #include <linux/i2c-dev.h>
 #include <linux/wireless.h>
 #include <linux/atalk.h>
-#include <linux/blktrace_api.h>
 #include <linux/loop.h>
 
 #include <net/bluetooth/bluetooth.h>
@@ -2477,13 +2476,6 @@
 /* 0x00 */
 COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(FIBMAP)
 COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(FIGETBSZ)
-/* 0x12 */
-#ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
-COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(BLKTRACESTART)
-COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(BLKTRACESTOP)
-COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(BLKTRACESETUP)
-COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(BLKTRACETEARDOWN)
-#endif
 /* RAID */
 COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(RAID_VERSION)
 COMPATIBLE_IOCTL(GET_ARRAY_INFO)
diff --git a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
index 7b5d56b..972093b 100644
--- a/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
+++ b/include/linux/blktrace_api.h
@@ -142,10 +142,14 @@
 	u32 pid;
 };
 
+#ifdef __KERNEL__
 #if defined(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE)
 extern int blk_trace_ioctl(struct block_device *, unsigned, char __user *);
 extern void blk_trace_shutdown(struct request_queue *);
 extern void __blk_add_trace(struct blk_trace *, sector_t, int, int, u32, int, int, void *);
+extern int do_blk_trace_setup(struct request_queue *q,
+	struct block_device *bdev, struct blk_user_trace_setup *buts);
+
 
 /**
  * blk_add_trace_rq - Add a trace for a request oriented action
@@ -286,6 +290,7 @@
 #define blk_add_trace_generic(q, rq, rw, what)	do { } while (0)
 #define blk_add_trace_pdu_int(q, what, bio, pdu)	do { } while (0)
 #define blk_add_trace_remap(q, bio, dev, f, t)	do {} while (0)
+#define do_blk_trace_setup(q, bdev, buts)	do {} while (0)
 #endif /* CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IO_TRACE */
-
+#endif /* __KERNEL__ */
 #endif