return -EBUSY;
 #endif
 
-       if (splice_grow_spd(pipe, &spd))
-               return -ENOMEM;
-
        if (*ppos & (PAGE_SIZE - 1))
                return -EINVAL;
 
                len &= PAGE_MASK;
        }
 
+       if (splice_grow_spd(pipe, &spd))
+               return -ENOMEM;
+
  again:
        trace_access_lock(iter->cpu_file);
        entries = ring_buffer_entries_cpu(iter->trace_buffer->buffer, iter->cpu_file);
        /* did we read anything? */
        if (!spd.nr_pages) {
                if (ret)
-                       return ret;
+                       goto out;
 
+               ret = -EAGAIN;
                if ((file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK) || (flags & SPLICE_F_NONBLOCK))
-                       return -EAGAIN;
+                       goto out;
 
                ret = wait_on_pipe(iter, true);
                if (ret)
-                       return ret;
+                       goto out;
 
                goto again;
        }
 
        ret = splice_to_pipe(pipe, &spd);
+out:
        splice_shrink_spd(&spd);
 
        return ret;