1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 4082b3b3cea7..648f2c0c8e18 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2125,6 +2125,12 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
                         break;
                 }
 
+                if (unlikely(bytes == 0)) {
+                        status = 0;
+                        copied = 0;
+                        goto zero_length_segment;
+                }
+
                 status = a_ops->prepare_write(file, page, offset, offset+bytes);
                 if (unlikely(status)) {
                         loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
@@ -2154,7 +2160,8 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
                         page_cache_release(page);
                         continue;
                 }
-                if (likely(copied > 0)) {
+zero_length_segment:
+                if (likely(copied >= 0)) {
                         if (!status)
                                 status = copied;