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-rw-r--r--drivers/char/hw_random/core.c4
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
index 84cdf9025737..349b6edc5794 100644
--- a/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/hw_random/core.c
@@ -116,6 +116,10 @@ static ssize_t rng_dev_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
err = -EAGAIN;
if (!bytes_read && (filp->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK))
goto out;
+ if (bytes_read < 0) {
+ err = bytes_read;
+ goto out;
+ }
err = -EFAULT;
while (bytes_read && size) {