diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
index 0c9825e97f36..088d09fb1615 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
@@ -205,14 +205,13 @@ static inline unsigned long __must_check copy_from_user(void *to,
 					  unsigned long n)
 {
 	int sz = __compiletime_object_size(to);
-	int ret = -EFAULT;
 
 	if (likely(sz == -1 || sz >= n))
-		ret = _copy_from_user(to, from, n);
+		n = _copy_from_user(to, from, n);
 	else
 		copy_from_user_overflow();
 
-	return ret;
+	return n;
 }
 
 long __must_check strncpy_from_user(char *dst, const char __user *src,
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
index 46324c6a4f6e..535e421498f6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
@@ -30,16 +30,15 @@ static inline unsigned long __must_check copy_from_user(void *to,
 					  unsigned long n)
 {
 	int sz = __compiletime_object_size(to);
-	int ret = -EFAULT;
 
 	might_fault();
 	if (likely(sz == -1 || sz >= n))
-		ret = _copy_from_user(to, from, n);
+		n = _copy_from_user(to, from, n);
 #ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_VM
 	else
 		WARN(1, "Buffer overflow detected!\n");
 #endif
-	return ret;
+	return n;
 }
 
 static __always_inline __must_check