diff --git a/fs/proc/vmcore.c b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
index c3a345c28a93..0e4278d4a769 100644
--- a/fs/proc/vmcore.c
+++ b/fs/proc/vmcore.c
@@ -124,9 +124,13 @@ ssize_t read_from_oldmem(char *buf, size_t count,
 			nr_bytes = count;
 
 		/* If pfn is not ram, return zeros for sparse dump files */
-		if (pfn_is_ram(pfn) == 0)
-			memset(buf, 0, nr_bytes);
-		else {
+		if (pfn_is_ram(pfn) == 0) {
+			tmp = 0;
+			if (!userbuf)
+				memset(buf, 0, nr_bytes);
+			else if (clear_user(buf, nr_bytes))
+				tmp = -EFAULT;
+		} else {
 			if (encrypted)
 				tmp = copy_oldmem_page_encrypted(pfn, buf,
 								 nr_bytes,
@@ -135,10 +139,10 @@ ssize_t read_from_oldmem(char *buf, size_t count,
 			else
 				tmp = copy_oldmem_page(pfn, buf, nr_bytes,
 						       offset, userbuf);
-
-			if (tmp < 0)
-				return tmp;
 		}
+		if (tmp < 0)
+			return tmp;
+
 		*ppos += nr_bytes;
 		count -= nr_bytes;
 		buf += nr_bytes;