diff --git a/fs/dax.c b/fs/dax.c
index a64afdf7ec0d..34a2d435ae4b 100644
--- a/fs/dax.c
+++ b/fs/dax.c
@@ -991,6 +991,7 @@ dax_iomap_actor(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t length, void *data,
 	struct iov_iter *iter = data;
 	loff_t end = pos + length, done = 0;
 	ssize_t ret = 0;
+	size_t xfer;
 	int id;
 
 	if (iov_iter_rw(iter) == READ) {
@@ -1054,19 +1055,20 @@ dax_iomap_actor(struct inode *inode, loff_t pos, loff_t length, void *data,
 		 * vfs_write(), depending on which operation we are doing.
 		 */
 		if (iov_iter_rw(iter) == WRITE)
-			map_len = dax_copy_from_iter(dax_dev, pgoff, kaddr,
+			xfer = dax_copy_from_iter(dax_dev, pgoff, kaddr,
 					map_len, iter);
 		else
-			map_len = dax_copy_to_iter(dax_dev, pgoff, kaddr,
+			xfer = dax_copy_to_iter(dax_dev, pgoff, kaddr,
 					map_len, iter);
-		if (map_len <= 0) {
-			ret = map_len ? map_len : -EFAULT;
-			break;
-		}
 
-		pos += map_len;
-		length -= map_len;
-		done += map_len;
+		pos += xfer;
+		length -= xfer;
+		done += xfer;
+
+		if (xfer == 0)
+			ret = -EFAULT;
+		if (xfer < map_len)
+			break;
 	}
 	dax_read_unlock(id);