diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 1249d9d1fe8d..b0619a159cac 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 98310e581e098514867573031b2bfa4ba89c0d93
+refs/heads/master: dac1213842f5caf081804a11d87d2a39a21d6f55
diff --git a/trunk/fs/compat.c b/trunk/fs/compat.c
index 55efdfebdf5a..e99048c21c56 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/compat.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/compat.c
@@ -1195,16 +1195,12 @@ static ssize_t compat_do_readv_writev(int type, struct file *file,
 	return ret;
 }
 
-asmlinkage ssize_t
-compat_sys_readv(unsigned long fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *vec, unsigned long vlen)
+static size_t compat_readv(struct file *file,
+			   const struct compat_iovec __user *vec,
+			   unsigned long vlen, loff_t *pos)
 {
-	struct file *file;
 	ssize_t ret = -EBADF;
 
-	file = fget(fd);
-	if (!file)
-		return -EBADF;
-
 	if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_READ))
 		goto out;
 
@@ -1212,12 +1208,26 @@ compat_sys_readv(unsigned long fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *vec, unsign
 	if (!file->f_op || (!file->f_op->aio_read && !file->f_op->read))
 		goto out;
 
-	ret = compat_do_readv_writev(READ, file, vec, vlen, &file->f_pos);
+	ret = compat_do_readv_writev(READ, file, vec, vlen, pos);
 
 out:
 	if (ret > 0)
 		add_rchar(current, ret);
 	inc_syscr(current);
+	return ret;
+}
+
+asmlinkage ssize_t
+compat_sys_readv(unsigned long fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *vec,
+		 unsigned long vlen)
+{
+	struct file *file;
+	ssize_t ret;
+
+	file = fget(fd);
+	if (!file)
+		return -EBADF;
+	ret = compat_readv(file, vec, vlen, &file->f_pos);
 	fput(file);
 	return ret;
 }