diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 78e51eb7f5cf..f2e19ed1e7ed 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 4f23122858a27ba97444b9b37a066d83edebd4c8
+refs/heads/master: 77f6bf57ba9d2c50173536dbfdacdab27cb867ca
diff --git a/trunk/fs/splice.c b/trunk/fs/splice.c
index c5e3c79b95a8..41179c0a655b 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/splice.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/splice.c
@@ -595,8 +595,10 @@ ssize_t default_file_splice_read(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos,
 	}
 
 	res = kernel_readv(in, vec, spd.nr_pages, *ppos);
-	if (res < 0)
+	if (res < 0) {
+		error = res;
 		goto err;
+	}
 
 	error = 0;
 	if (!res)