1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
index 9ec56dc97374..ce93124a850b 100644
--- a/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
+++ b/arch/alpha/kernel/osf_sys.c
@@ -1201,8 +1201,10 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(osf_wait4, pid_t, pid, int __user *, ustatus, int, options,
         if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, ur, sizeof(*ur)))
                 return -EFAULT;
 
-        err = 0;
-        err |= put_user(status, ustatus);
+        err = put_user(status, ustatus);
+        if (ret < 0)
+                return err ? err : ret;
+
         err |= __put_user(r.ru_utime.tv_sec, &ur->ru_utime.tv_sec);
         err |= __put_user(r.ru_utime.tv_usec, &ur->ru_utime.tv_usec);
         err |= __put_user(r.ru_stime.tv_sec, &ur->ru_stime.tv_sec);