1 files changed, 6 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index fba76fb55abf..f0a90590cb1a 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -581,14 +581,12 @@ static ssize_t write_kmem(struct file * file, const char __user * buf,
 
                         if (len > PAGE_SIZE)
                                 len = PAGE_SIZE;
-                        if (len) {
-                                written = copy_from_user(kbuf, buf, len);
-                                if (written) {
-                                        if (wrote + virtr)
-                                                break;
-                                        free_page((unsigned long)kbuf);
-                                        return -EFAULT;
-                                }
+                        written = copy_from_user(kbuf, buf, len);
+                        if (written) {
+                                if (wrote + virtr)
+                                        break;
+                                free_page((unsigned long)kbuf);
+                                return -EFAULT;
                         }
                         len = vwrite(kbuf, (char *)p, len);
                         count -= len;