diff --git a/include/linux/sockptr.h b/include/linux/sockptr.h
index fc5a206c4043..195debe2b1db 100644
--- a/include/linux/sockptr.h
+++ b/include/linux/sockptr.h
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ static inline int copy_safe_from_sockptr(void *dst, size_t ksize,
 {
 	if (optlen < ksize)
 		return -EINVAL;
-	return copy_from_sockptr(dst, optval, ksize);
+	if (copy_from_sockptr(dst, optval, ksize))
+		return -EFAULT;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static inline int copy_struct_from_sockptr(void *dst, size_t ksize,