diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 77d6e8d8edbc..8699800165c1 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: c75fb88dbcc470e6041a20b1457b4835b9a0a48a
+refs/heads/master: 8d06087714b78e8921bd30b5c64202fe80c47339
diff --git a/trunk/kernel/sysctl.c b/trunk/kernel/sysctl.c
index 84cab0ce44d9..e0ac6cd79fcf 100644
--- a/trunk/kernel/sysctl.c
+++ b/trunk/kernel/sysctl.c
@@ -1686,13 +1686,12 @@ static int _proc_do_string(void* data, int maxlen, int write,
 	size_t len;
 	char __user *p;
 	char c;
-	
-	if (!data || !maxlen || !*lenp ||
-	    (*ppos && !write)) {
+
+	if (!data || !maxlen || !*lenp) {
 		*lenp = 0;
 		return 0;
 	}
-	
+
 	if (write) {
 		len = 0;
 		p = buffer;
@@ -1713,6 +1712,15 @@ static int _proc_do_string(void* data, int maxlen, int write,
 		len = strlen(data);
 		if (len > maxlen)
 			len = maxlen;
+
+		if (*ppos > len) {
+			*lenp = 0;
+			return 0;
+		}
+
+		data += *ppos;
+		len  -= *ppos;
+
 		if (len > *lenp)
 			len = *lenp;
 		if (len)