1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/fs/efivarfs/file.c b/fs/efivarfs/file.c
index bfb531564319..8dd524f32284 100644
--- a/fs/efivarfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/efivarfs/file.c
@@ -44,8 +44,11 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_write(struct file *file,
 
         bytes = efivar_entry_set_get_size(var, attributes, &datasize,
                                           data, &set);
-        if (!set && bytes)
+        if (!set && bytes) {
+                if (bytes == -ENOENT)
+                        bytes = -EIO;
                 goto out;
+        }
 
         if (bytes == -ENOENT) {
                 drop_nlink(inode);
@@ -76,7 +79,14 @@ static ssize_t efivarfs_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *userbuf,
         int err;
 
         err = efivar_entry_size(var, &datasize);
-        if (err)
+
+        /*
+         * efivarfs represents uncommitted variables with
+         * zero-length files. Reading them should return EOF.
+         */
+        if (err == -ENOENT)
+                return 0;
+        else if (err)
                 return err;
 
         data = kmalloc(datasize + sizeof(attributes), GFP_KERNEL);