diff --git a/kernel/kexec.c b/kernel/kexec.c
index 131b1703936f..c0613f7d6730 100644
--- a/kernel/kexec.c
+++ b/kernel/kexec.c
@@ -151,8 +151,10 @@ static int do_kimage_alloc(struct kimage **rimage, unsigned long entry,
 	image->nr_segments = nr_segments;
 	segment_bytes = nr_segments * sizeof(*segments);
 	result = copy_from_user(image->segment, segments, segment_bytes);
-	if (result)
+	if (result) {
+		result = -EFAULT;
 		goto out;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Verify we have good destination addresses.  The caller is
@@ -827,7 +829,7 @@ static int kimage_load_normal_segment(struct kimage *image,
 		result = copy_from_user(ptr, buf, uchunk);
 		kunmap(page);
 		if (result) {
-			result = (result < 0) ? result : -EIO;
+			result = -EFAULT;
 			goto out;
 		}
 		ubytes -= uchunk;
@@ -882,7 +884,7 @@ static int kimage_load_crash_segment(struct kimage *image,
 		kexec_flush_icache_page(page);
 		kunmap(page);
 		if (result) {
-			result = (result < 0) ? result : -EIO;
+			result = -EFAULT;
 			goto out;
 		}
 		ubytes -= uchunk;