diff --git a/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c b/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c
index e29a8a55486a5e35fdc8eac3a2bb0acefc5cb062..3fa67ecebc838043c99fab4589e9d334dbd31604 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/ia32/sys_ia32.c
@@ -2327,7 +2327,7 @@ sys32_sendfile (int out_fd, int in_fd, int __user *offset, unsigned int count)
 	ret = sys_sendfile(out_fd, in_fd, offset ? (off_t __user *) &of : NULL, count);
 	set_fs(old_fs);
 
-	if (!ret && offset && put_user(of, offset))
+	if (offset && put_user(of, offset))
 		return -EFAULT;
 
 	return ret;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
index 18610cea03a21d6d59bfb23224ecf1672678c7bc..ed877d0f27e6e038b12c24489ac1e3914d7ba478 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kernel/compat_linux.c
@@ -678,7 +678,7 @@ asmlinkage long sys32_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, compat_off_t *offset, size
 	ret = sys_sendfile(out_fd, in_fd, offset ? &of : NULL, count);
 	set_fs(old_fs);
 	
-	if (!ret && offset && put_user(of, offset))
+	if (offset && put_user(of, offset))
 		return -EFAULT;
 		
 	return ret;
diff --git a/arch/x86_64/ia32/sys_ia32.c b/arch/x86_64/ia32/sys_ia32.c
index 04d80406ce4fed4c1a6ce646253675c65b074269..5389df610e78277d0a6329f98a16d3f1f52c27d0 100644
--- a/arch/x86_64/ia32/sys_ia32.c
+++ b/arch/x86_64/ia32/sys_ia32.c
@@ -751,7 +751,7 @@ sys32_sendfile(int out_fd, int in_fd, compat_off_t __user *offset, s32 count)
 	ret = sys_sendfile(out_fd, in_fd, offset ? &of : NULL, count);
 	set_fs(old_fs);
 	
-	if (!ret && offset && put_user(of, offset))
+	if (offset && put_user(of, offset))
 		return -EFAULT;
 		
 	return ret;