diff --git a/include/linux/pagemap.h b/include/linux/pagemap.h
index efa26b4da8d2..7cfad3bbb0cc 100644
--- a/include/linux/pagemap.h
+++ b/include/linux/pagemap.h
@@ -460,11 +460,11 @@ static inline int fault_in_pages_readable(const char __user *uaddr, int size)
  */
 static inline int fault_in_multipages_writeable(char __user *uaddr, int size)
 {
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 	char __user *end = uaddr + size - 1;
 
 	if (unlikely(size == 0))
-		return 0;
+		return ret;
 
 	/*
 	 * Writing zeroes into userspace here is OK, because we know that if
@@ -489,11 +489,11 @@ static inline int fault_in_multipages_readable(const char __user *uaddr,
 					       int size)
 {
 	volatile char c;
-	int ret;
+	int ret = 0;
 	const char __user *end = uaddr + size - 1;
 
 	if (unlikely(size == 0))
-		return 0;
+		return ret;
 
 	while (uaddr <= end) {
 		ret = __get_user(c, uaddr);