1 files changed, 3 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c
index dc11bbf27274..5f4b439fd45a 100644
--- a/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c
+++ b/drivers/mailbox/mailbox-test.c
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ static ssize_t mbox_test_signal_write(struct file *filp,
                                        size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
         struct mbox_test_device *tdev = filp->private_data;
-        int ret;
 
         if (!tdev->tx_channel) {
                 dev_err(tdev->dev, "Channel cannot do Tx\n");
@@ -64,13 +63,13 @@ static ssize_t mbox_test_signal_write(struct file *filp,
         if (!tdev->signal)
                 return -ENOMEM;
 
-        ret = copy_from_user(tdev->signal, userbuf, count);
-        if (ret) {
+        if (copy_from_user(tdev->signal, userbuf, count)) {
                 kfree(tdev->signal);
+                tdev->signal = NULL;
                 return -EFAULT;
         }
 
-        return ret < 0 ? ret : count;
+        return count;
 }
 
 static const struct file_operations mbox_test_signal_ops = {