struct ib_uverbs_file *uverbs_file,
                                    struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
                                    size_t count, loff_t *pos,
-                                   bool is_async)
+                                   size_t eventsz)
 {
        struct ib_uverbs_event *event;
-       int eventsz;
        int ret = 0;
 
        spin_lock_irq(&file->lock);
 
        event = list_entry(file->event_list.next, struct ib_uverbs_event, list);
 
-       if (is_async)
-               eventsz = sizeof (struct ib_uverbs_async_event_desc);
-       else
-               eventsz = sizeof (struct ib_uverbs_comp_event_desc);
-
        if (eventsz > count) {
                ret   = -EINVAL;
                event = NULL;
        struct ib_uverbs_async_event_file *file = filp->private_data;
 
        return ib_uverbs_event_read(&file->ev_file, file->uverbs_file, filp,
-                                   buf, count, pos, true);
+                                   buf, count, pos,
+                                   sizeof(struct ib_uverbs_async_event_desc));
 }
 
 static ssize_t ib_uverbs_comp_event_read(struct file *filp, char __user *buf,
 
        return ib_uverbs_event_read(&comp_ev_file->ev_file,
                                    comp_ev_file->uobj_file.ufile, filp,
-                                   buf, count, pos, false);
+                                   buf, count, pos,
+                                   sizeof(struct ib_uverbs_comp_event_desc));
 }
 
 static unsigned int ib_uverbs_event_poll(struct ib_uverbs_event_file *file,