return ret;
 }
 
-asmlinkage ssize_t
-compat_sys_writev(unsigned long fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *vec, unsigned long vlen)
+static size_t compat_writev(struct file *file,
+                           const struct compat_iovec __user *vec,
+                           unsigned long vlen, loff_t *pos)
 {
-       struct file *file;
        ssize_t ret = -EBADF;
 
-       file = fget(fd);
-       if (!file)
-               return -EBADF;
        if (!(file->f_mode & FMODE_WRITE))
                goto out;
 
        if (!file->f_op || (!file->f_op->aio_write && !file->f_op->write))
                goto out;
 
-       ret = compat_do_readv_writev(WRITE, file, vec, vlen, &file->f_pos);
+       ret = compat_do_readv_writev(WRITE, file, vec, vlen, pos);
 
 out:
        if (ret > 0)
                add_wchar(current, ret);
        inc_syscw(current);
+       return ret;
+}
+
+asmlinkage ssize_t
+compat_sys_writev(unsigned long fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *vec,
+                 unsigned long vlen)
+{
+       struct file *file;
+       ssize_t ret;
+
+       file = fget(fd);
+       if (!file)
+               return -EBADF;
+       ret = compat_writev(file, vec, vlen, &file->f_pos);
        fput(file);
        return ret;
 }