diff --git a/mm/gup.c b/mm/gup.c
index e0d82b6706d7..8fc23a60487d 100644
--- a/mm/gup.c
+++ b/mm/gup.c
@@ -1816,9 +1816,12 @@ int get_user_pages_fast(unsigned long start, int nr_pages, int write,
 	len = (unsigned long) nr_pages << PAGE_SHIFT;
 	end = start + len;
 
+	if (nr_pages <= 0)
+		return 0;
+
 	if (unlikely(!access_ok(write ? VERIFY_WRITE : VERIFY_READ,
 					(void __user *)start, len)))
-		return 0;
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	if (gup_fast_permitted(start, nr_pages, write)) {
 		local_irq_disable();