diff --git a/Kernel/Process.cpp b/Kernel/Process.cpp
index 5dfa8cda27..fec53383e0 100644
--- a/Kernel/Process.cpp
+++ b/Kernel/Process.cpp
@@ -1444,12 +1444,12 @@ int Process::sys$utime(const char* pathname, const utimbuf* buf)
     return VFS::the().utime(StringView(pathname), current_directory(), atime, mtime);
 }
 
-int Process::sys$access(const char* pathname, int mode)
+int Process::sys$access(const char* user_path, size_t path_length, int mode)
 {
-    SmapDisabler disabler;
-    if (!validate_read_str(pathname))
+    if (!validate_read_str(user_path))
         return -EFAULT;
-    return VFS::the().access(StringView(pathname), mode, current_directory());
+    auto path = copy_string_from_user(user_path, path_length);
+    return VFS::the().access(path, mode, current_directory());
 }
 
 int Process::sys$fcntl(int fd, int cmd, u32 arg)
diff --git a/Kernel/Process.h b/Kernel/Process.h
index 001f1c0c8c..70a1e39326 100644
--- a/Kernel/Process.h
+++ b/Kernel/Process.h
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ public:
     int sys$setgid(gid_t);
     int sys$setuid(uid_t);
     unsigned sys$alarm(unsigned seconds);
-    int sys$access(const char* pathname, int mode);
+    int sys$access(const char* pathname, size_t path_length, int mode);
     int sys$fcntl(int fd, int cmd, u32 extra_arg);
     int sys$ioctl(int fd, unsigned request, unsigned arg);
     int sys$mkdir(const char* pathname, mode_t mode);
diff --git a/Libraries/LibC/unistd.cpp b/Libraries/LibC/unistd.cpp
index e1cfde0463..8c0f093f3f 100644
--- a/Libraries/LibC/unistd.cpp
+++ b/Libraries/LibC/unistd.cpp
@@ -389,7 +389,11 @@ int setgid(uid_t gid)
 
 int access(const char* pathname, int mode)
 {
-    int rc = syscall(SC_access, pathname, mode);
+    if (!pathname) {
+        errno = EFAULT;
+        return -1;
+    }
+    int rc = syscall(SC_access, pathname, strlen(pathname), mode);
     __RETURN_WITH_ERRNO(rc, rc, -1);
 }