diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index c504db18ac2640d2344e151d6712b94b5f433a96..caaaa7adfdf99fd0413c34561d9bd9f93e0adedb 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -1895,12 +1895,6 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 			break;
 		}
 
-		if (unlikely(bytes == 0)) {
-			status = 0;
-			copied = 0;
-			goto zero_length_segment;
-		}
-
 		status = a_ops->prepare_write(file, page, offset, offset+bytes);
 		if (unlikely(status)) {
 			loff_t isize = i_size_read(inode);
@@ -1930,8 +1924,7 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 			page_cache_release(page);
 			continue;
 		}
-zero_length_segment:
-		if (likely(copied >= 0)) {
+		if (likely(copied > 0)) {
 			if (!status)
 				status = copied;
 
diff --git a/mm/filemap.h b/mm/filemap.h
index c2bff04c84ed42cfd7b1c85e9819785ae90f6c87..a1e10a232e92a18e8a76c38ebc193c74bc94a1f6 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.h
+++ b/mm/filemap.h
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ filemap_set_next_iovec(const struct iovec **iovp, size_t *basep, size_t bytes)
 	const struct iovec *iov = *iovp;
 	size_t base = *basep;
 
-	do {
+	while (bytes) {
 		int copy = min(bytes, iov->iov_len - base);
 
 		bytes -= copy;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ filemap_set_next_iovec(const struct iovec **iovp, size_t *basep, size_t bytes)
 			iov++;
 			base = 0;
 		}
-	} while (bytes);
+	}
 	*iovp = iov;
 	*basep = base;
 }