diff --git a/lib/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c
index 537bfdc8cd09..b364231b5fc8 100644
--- a/lib/iov_iter.c
+++ b/lib/iov_iter.c
@@ -1343,7 +1343,7 @@ ssize_t iov_iter_get_pages(struct iov_iter *i,
 		res = get_user_pages_fast(addr, n,
 				iov_iter_rw(i) != WRITE ?  FOLL_WRITE : 0,
 				pages);
-		if (unlikely(res < 0))
+		if (unlikely(res <= 0))
 			return res;
 		return (res == n ? len : res * PAGE_SIZE) - *start;
 	0;}),({
@@ -1424,8 +1424,9 @@ ssize_t iov_iter_get_pages_alloc(struct iov_iter *i,
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		res = get_user_pages_fast(addr, n,
 				iov_iter_rw(i) != WRITE ?  FOLL_WRITE : 0, p);
-		if (unlikely(res < 0)) {
+		if (unlikely(res <= 0)) {
 			kvfree(p);
+			*pages = NULL;
 			return res;
 		}
 		*pages = p;