diff --git a/arch/parisc/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/parisc/include/asm/uaccess.h
index 0f59fd9ca20526d8a27066c724ab2499965ec62c..37a1bee9644495fc31738715fb51a47446e15d1a 100644
--- a/arch/parisc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/parisc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <asm-generic/uaccess-unaligned.h>
 
 #include <linux/bug.h>
+#include <linux/string.h>
 
 #define VERIFY_READ 0
 #define VERIFY_WRITE 1
@@ -221,13 +222,14 @@ static inline unsigned long __must_check copy_from_user(void *to,
                                           unsigned long n)
 {
         int sz = __compiletime_object_size(to);
-        int ret = -EFAULT;
+        unsigned long ret = n;
 
         if (likely(sz == -1 || !__builtin_constant_p(n) || sz >= n))
                 ret = __copy_from_user(to, from, n);
         else
                 copy_from_user_overflow();
-
+	if (unlikely(ret))
+		memset(to + (n - ret), 0, ret);
         return ret;
 }