diff --git a/drivers/video/fbmem.c b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
index 8d8eadb64853..372aa1776827 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fbmem.c
+++ b/drivers/video/fbmem.c
@@ -674,13 +674,19 @@ fb_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 		total_size = info->fix.smem_len;
 
 	if (p > total_size)
-		return 0;
+		return -EFBIG;
 
-	if (count >= total_size)
+	if (count > total_size) {
+		err = -EFBIG;
 		count = total_size;
+	}
+
+	if (count + p > total_size) {
+		if (!err)
+			err = -ENOSPC;
 
-	if (count + p > total_size)
 		count = total_size - p;
+	}
 
 	buffer = kmalloc((count > PAGE_SIZE) ? PAGE_SIZE : count,
 			 GFP_KERNEL);
@@ -722,7 +728,7 @@ fb_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 
 	kfree(buffer);
 
-	return (err) ? err : cnt;
+	return (cnt) ? cnt : err;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_KMOD