1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 79866bc6b3a1..6a6e87b2f2fd 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ static ssize_t cpuset_common_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
         ssize_t retval = 0;
         char *s;
         char *start;
-        size_t n;
+        ssize_t n;
 
         if (!(page = (char *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL)))
                 return -ENOMEM;
@@ -999,12 +999,13 @@ static ssize_t cpuset_common_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
         *s++ = '\n';
         *s = '\0';
 
-        /* Do nothing if *ppos is at the eof or beyond the eof. */
-        if (s - page <= *ppos)
-                return 0;
-
         start = page + *ppos;
         n = s - start;
+
+        /* Do nothing if *ppos is at the eof or beyond the eof. */
+        if (n <= 0)
+                goto out;
+
         retval = n - copy_to_user(buf, start, min(n, nbytes));
         *ppos += retval;
 out: