static ssize_t
 random_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t nbytes, loff_t *ppos)
 {
-       ssize_t n, retval = 0, count = 0;
+       ssize_t n;
 
        if (nbytes == 0)
                return 0;
 
-       while (nbytes > 0) {
-               n = nbytes;
-               if (n > SEC_XFER_SIZE)
-                       n = SEC_XFER_SIZE;
-
-               n = extract_entropy_user(&blocking_pool, buf, n);
-
-               if (n < 0) {
-                       retval = n;
-                       break;
-               }
-
+       nbytes = min_t(size_t, nbytes, SEC_XFER_SIZE);
+       while (1) {
+               n = extract_entropy_user(&blocking_pool, buf, nbytes);
+               if (n < 0)
+                       return n;
                trace_random_read(n*8, (nbytes-n)*8,
                                  ENTROPY_BITS(&blocking_pool),
                                  ENTROPY_BITS(&input_pool));
-
-               if (n == 0) {
-                       if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) {
-                               retval = -EAGAIN;
-                               break;
-                       }
-
-                       wait_event_interruptible(random_read_wait,
-                               ENTROPY_BITS(&input_pool) >=
-                               random_read_wakeup_thresh);
-
-                       if (signal_pending(current)) {
-                               retval = -ERESTARTSYS;
-                               break;
-                       }
-
-                       continue;
-               }
-
-               count += n;
-               buf += n;
-               nbytes -= n;
-               break;          /* This break makes the device work */
-                               /* like a named pipe */
+               if (n > 0)
+                       return n;
+               /* Pool is (near) empty.  Maybe wait and retry. */
+
+               if (file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)
+                       return -EAGAIN;
+
+               wait_event_interruptible(random_read_wait,
+                       ENTROPY_BITS(&input_pool) >=
+                       random_read_wakeup_thresh);
+               if (signal_pending(current))
+                       return -ERESTARTSYS;
        }
-
-       return (count ? count : retval);
 }
 
 static ssize_t