struct serio_raw *serio_raw = client->serio_raw;
        char uninitialized_var(c);
        ssize_t read = 0;
-       int error = 0;
+       int error;
 
-       do {
+       for (;;) {
                if (serio_raw->dead)
                        return -ENODEV;
 
                        break;
 
                while (read < count && serio_raw_fetch_byte(serio_raw, &c)) {
-                       if (put_user(c, buffer++)) {
-                               error = -EFAULT;
-                               goto out;
-                       }
+                       if (put_user(c, buffer++))
+                               return -EFAULT;
                        read++;
                }
 
                if (read)
                        break;
 
-               if (!(file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK))
+               if (!(file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)) {
                        error = wait_event_interruptible(serio_raw->wait,
                                        serio_raw->head != serio_raw->tail ||
                                        serio_raw->dead);
-       } while (!error);
+                       if (error)
+                               return error;
+               }
+       }
 
-out:
-       return read ?: error;
+       return read;
 }
 
 static ssize_t serio_raw_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 {
        struct serio_raw_client *client = file->private_data;
        struct serio_raw *serio_raw = client->serio_raw;
-       ssize_t written = 0;
-       int retval;
+       int retval = 0;
        unsigned char c;
 
        retval = mutex_lock_interruptible(&serio_raw_mutex);
                        retval = -EFAULT;
                        goto out;
                }
+
                if (serio_write(serio_raw->serio, c)) {
-                       retval = -EIO;
+                       /* Either signal error or partial write */
+                       if (retval == 0)
+                               retval = -EIO;
                        goto out;
                }
-               written++;
+
+               retval++;
        }
 
 out:
        mutex_unlock(&serio_raw_mutex);
-       return written ?: retval;
+       return retval;
 }
 
 static unsigned int serio_raw_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)