diff --git a/fs/aio.c b/fs/aio.c
index 2adbb0398ab9..a0ed6c7d2cd2 100644
--- a/fs/aio.c
+++ b/fs/aio.c
@@ -1327,10 +1327,8 @@ rw_common:
 						&iovec, compat)
 			: aio_setup_single_vector(req, rw, buf, &nr_segs,
 						  iovec);
-		if (ret)
-			return ret;
-
-		ret = rw_verify_area(rw, file, &req->ki_pos, req->ki_nbytes);
+		if (!ret)
+			ret = rw_verify_area(rw, file, &req->ki_pos, req->ki_nbytes);
 		if (ret < 0) {
 			if (iovec != &inline_vec)
 				kfree(iovec);