diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_32.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
index 489d2ba92bcb..25f1d10155e8 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_32.h
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ static inline unsigned long copy_from_user(void *to, const void __user *from, un
 
 	if (unlikely(sz != -1 && sz < n)) {
 		copy_from_user_overflow();
-		return -EFAULT;
+		return n;
 	}
 
 	if (n && __access_ok((unsigned long) from, n))
diff --git a/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_64.h b/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
index dbc141660994..2406788bfe5f 100644
--- a/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
+++ b/arch/sparc/include/asm/uaccess_64.h
@@ -221,8 +221,8 @@ extern unsigned long copy_from_user_fixup(void *to, const void __user *from,
 static inline unsigned long __must_check
 copy_from_user(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long size)
 {
-	unsigned long ret = (unsigned long) -EFAULT;
 	int sz = __compiletime_object_size(to);
+	unsigned long ret = size;
 
 	if (likely(sz == -1 || sz >= size)) {
 		ret = ___copy_from_user(to, from, size);