diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 8af8c318afd6..fd28c7da3c83 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -949,12 +949,13 @@ ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *in, struct splice_desc *sd,
 	WARN_ON_ONCE(pipe->nrbufs != 0);
 
 	while (len) {
+		unsigned int pipe_pages;
 		size_t read_len;
 		loff_t pos = sd->pos, prev_pos = pos;
 
 		/* Don't try to read more the pipe has space for. */
-		read_len = min_t(size_t, len,
-				 (pipe->buffers - pipe->nrbufs) << PAGE_SHIFT);
+		pipe_pages = pipe->buffers - pipe->nrbufs;
+		read_len = min(len, (size_t)pipe_pages << PAGE_SHIFT);
 		ret = do_splice_to(in, &pos, pipe, read_len, flags);
 		if (unlikely(ret <= 0))
 			goto out_release;
@@ -1175,8 +1176,15 @@ static long do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t __user *off_in,
 
 		pipe_lock(opipe);
 		ret = wait_for_space(opipe, flags);
-		if (!ret)
+		if (!ret) {
+			unsigned int pipe_pages;
+
+			/* Don't try to read more the pipe has space for. */
+			pipe_pages = opipe->buffers - opipe->nrbufs;
+			len = min(len, (size_t)pipe_pages << PAGE_SHIFT);
+
 			ret = do_splice_to(in, &offset, opipe, len, flags);
+		}
 		pipe_unlock(opipe);
 		if (ret > 0)
 			wakeup_pipe_readers(opipe);