diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
index 8e0b43cf089f4..cbd4f00fe77ee 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/ubd_kern.c
@@ -1242,8 +1242,7 @@ static int __init ubd_driver_init(void){
 		 * enough. So use anyway the io thread. */
 	}
 	stack = alloc_stack(0, 0);
-	io_pid = start_io_thread(stack + PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(void *),
-				 &thread_fd);
+	io_pid = start_io_thread(stack + PAGE_SIZE, &thread_fd);
 	if(io_pid < 0){
 		printk(KERN_ERR
 		       "ubd : Failed to start I/O thread (errno = %d) - "
diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c b/arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c
index 592cdb1384415..5afac0fef24ea 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/skas/clone.c
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ stub_clone_handler(void)
 	long err;
 
 	err = stub_syscall2(__NR_clone, CLONE_PARENT | CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD,
-			    (unsigned long)data + UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE / 2 - sizeof(void *));
+			    (unsigned long)data + UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE / 2);
 	if (err) {
 		data->parent_err = err;
 		goto done;
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
index 9fa6e4187d4fb..32e88baf18dd4 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/helper.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ int run_helper(void (*pre_exec)(void *), void *pre_data, char **argv)
 		goto out_close;
 	}
 
-	sp = stack + UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(void *);
+	sp = stack + UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE;
 	data.pre_exec = pre_exec;
 	data.pre_data = pre_data;
 	data.argv = argv;
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ int run_helper_thread(int (*proc)(void *), void *arg, unsigned int flags,
 	if (stack == 0)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	sp = stack + UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(void *);
+	sp = stack + UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE;
 	pid = clone(proc, (void *) sp, flags, arg);
 	if (pid < 0) {
 		err = -errno;
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c
index 96f511d1aabe6..e283f130aadc5 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/signal.c
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void set_sigstack(void *sig_stack, int size)
 	stack_t stack = {
 		.ss_flags = 0,
 		.ss_sp = sig_stack,
-		.ss_size = size - sizeof(void *)
+		.ss_size = size
 	};
 
 	if (sigaltstack(&stack, NULL) != 0)
diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
index fba674fac8b73..87d3129e7362e 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/skas/process.c
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ int start_userspace(unsigned long stub_stack)
 	}
 
 	/* set stack pointer to the end of the stack page, so it can grow downwards */
-	sp = (unsigned long) stack + UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE - sizeof(void *);
+	sp = (unsigned long)stack + UM_KERN_PAGE_SIZE;
 
 	flags = CLONE_FILES | SIGCHLD;