1 files changed, 2 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c b/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c
index d1c86bc377bd..61951b721268 100644
--- a/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c
+++ b/arch/um/drivers/cow_user.c
@@ -362,7 +362,8 @@ int init_cow_file(int fd, char *cow_file, char *backing_file, int sectorsize,
         if(err != sizeof(zero)){
                 cow_printf("Write of bitmap to new COW file '%s' failed, "
                            "err = %d\n", cow_file, -err);
-                err = -EINVAL;
+                if (err >= 0)
+                        err = -EINVAL;
                 goto out;
         }