else
                ret = vfs_iter_read(fd, &iter, &pos);
 
-       kfree(bvec);
-
        if (is_write) {
                if (ret < 0 || ret != data_length) {
                        pr_err("%s() write returned %d\n", __func__, ret);
-                       return (ret < 0 ? ret : -EINVAL);
+                       if (ret >= 0)
+                               ret = -EINVAL;
                }
        } else {
                /*
                                pr_err("%s() returned %d, expecting %u for "
                                                "S_ISBLK\n", __func__, ret,
                                                data_length);
-                               return (ret < 0 ? ret : -EINVAL);
+                               if (ret >= 0)
+                                       ret = -EINVAL;
                        }
                } else {
                        if (ret < 0) {
                                pr_err("%s() returned %d for non S_ISBLK\n",
                                                __func__, ret);
-                               return ret;
+                       } else if (ret != data_length) {
+                               /*
+                                * Short read case:
+                                * Probably some one truncate file under us.
+                                * We must explicitly zero sg-pages to prevent
+                                * expose uninizialized pages to userspace.
+                                */
+                               if (ret < data_length)
+                                       ret += iov_iter_zero(data_length - ret, &iter);
+                               else
+                                       ret = -EINVAL;
                        }
                }
        }
-       return 1;
+       kfree(bvec);
+       return ret;
 }
 
 static sense_reason_t