diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index b7f4a1f94d48eff7711d8d2761b019385142d7f7..113386d6fd2de0bdd12721e65b85a0fcbe8ab7b1 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -258,6 +258,7 @@ ssize_t do_sync_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf, size_t len, loff_t *pp
 	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp);
 	kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos;
 	kiocb.ki_left = len;
+	kiocb.ki_nbytes = len;
 
 	for (;;) {
 		ret = filp->f_op->aio_read(&kiocb, &iov, 1, kiocb.ki_pos);
@@ -313,6 +314,7 @@ ssize_t do_sync_write(struct file *filp, const char __user *buf, size_t len, lof
 	init_sync_kiocb(&kiocb, filp);
 	kiocb.ki_pos = *ppos;
 	kiocb.ki_left = len;
+	kiocb.ki_nbytes = len;
 
 	for (;;) {
 		ret = filp->f_op->aio_write(&kiocb, &iov, 1, kiocb.ki_pos);