1 files changed, 2 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 9f70e02111c6..2a93e625adaf 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1412,14 +1412,11 @@ static ssize_t shmem_file_aio_read(struct kiocb *iocb,
         unsigned long offset;
         enum sgp_type sgp = SGP_READ;
         int error = 0;
-        ssize_t retval;
-        size_t count;
+        ssize_t retval = 0;
+        size_t count = iov_length(iov, nr_segs);
         loff_t *ppos = &iocb->ki_pos;
         struct iov_iter iter;
 
-        retval = generic_segment_checks(iov, &nr_segs, &count, VERIFY_WRITE);
-        if (retval)
-                return retval;
         iov_iter_init(&iter, iov, nr_segs, count, 0);
 
         /*