diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 4082b3b3cea761693d563c523129bf80128f577b..648f2c0c8e18896b1f979f2f31a848986cc6492b 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2125,6 +2125,12 @@ 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);
@@ -2154,7 +2160,8 @@ generic_file_buffered_write(struct kiocb *iocb, const struct iovec *iov,
 			page_cache_release(page);
 			continue;
 		}
-		if (likely(copied > 0)) {
+zero_length_segment:
+		if (likely(copied >= 0)) {
 			if (!status)
 				status = copied;
 
diff --git a/mm/filemap.h b/mm/filemap.h
index 536979fb4ba717443be39b9e0e8a95dfd012200c..3f2a343c6015f2b4b9564307bb557a0dbdddb8f5 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.h
+++ b/mm/filemap.h
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ filemap_set_next_iovec(const struct iovec **iovp, size_t *basep, size_t bytes)
 	const struct iovec *iov = *iovp;
 	size_t base = *basep;
 
-	while (bytes) {
+	do {
 		int copy = min(bytes, iov->iov_len - base);
 
 		bytes -= copy;
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ filemap_set_next_iovec(const struct iovec **iovp, size_t *basep, size_t bytes)
 			iov++;
 			base = 0;
 		}
-	}
+	} while (bytes);
 	*iovp = iov;
 	*basep = base;
 }