diff --git a/fs/binfmt_elf.c b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
index bd08332079cf89b460d5e62314760af704c7b8f8..0fa95b198e6e9c89f5f4166b45666bdf6171c730 100644
--- a/fs/binfmt_elf.c
+++ b/fs/binfmt_elf.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec,
 			return -EFAULT;
 		len = strnlen_user((void __user *)p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
 		if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN)
-			return 0;
+			return -EINVAL;
 		p += len;
 	}
 	if (__put_user(0, argv))
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ create_elf_tables(struct linux_binprm *bprm, struct elfhdr *exec,
 			return -EFAULT;
 		len = strnlen_user((void __user *)p, MAX_ARG_STRLEN);
 		if (!len || len > MAX_ARG_STRLEN)
-			return 0;
+			return -EINVAL;
 		p += len;
 	}
 	if (__put_user(0, envp))