diff --git a/arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c b/arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c
index 829df49dee99c6093d5586d0e2c19e34786dfa97..41ebbfebb3332f2bc7269a754ff96b377e17212b 100644
--- a/arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c
+++ b/arch/um/kernel/exitcode.c
@@ -40,9 +40,11 @@ static ssize_t exitcode_proc_write(struct file *file,
 		const char __user *buffer, size_t count, loff_t *pos)
 {
 	char *end, buf[sizeof("nnnnn\0")];
+	size_t size;
 	int tmp;
 
-	if (copy_from_user(buf, buffer, count))
+	size = min(count, sizeof(buf));
+	if (copy_from_user(buf, buffer, size))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	tmp = simple_strtol(buf, &end, 0);