diff --git a/fs/ceph/xattr.c b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
index e90e19e9660b..9b77dca0b786 100644
--- a/fs/ceph/xattr.c
+++ b/fs/ceph/xattr.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ static ssize_t ceph_vxattrcb_layout(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, char *val,
 	const char *ns_field = " pool_namespace=";
 	char buf[128];
 	size_t len, total_len = 0;
-	int ret;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
 	pool_ns = ceph_try_get_string(ci->i_layout.pool_ns);
 
@@ -87,11 +87,8 @@ static ssize_t ceph_vxattrcb_layout(struct ceph_inode_info *ci, char *val,
 	if (pool_ns)
 		total_len += strlen(ns_field) + pool_ns->len;
 
-	if (!size) {
-		ret = total_len;
-	} else if (total_len > size) {
-		ret = -ERANGE;
-	} else {
+	ret = total_len;
+	if (size >= total_len) {
 		memcpy(val, buf, len);
 		ret = len;
 		if (pool_name) {
@@ -803,8 +800,11 @@ ssize_t __ceph_getxattr(struct inode *inode, const char *name, void *value,
 		if (err)
 			return err;
 		err = -ENODATA;
-		if (!(vxattr->exists_cb && !vxattr->exists_cb(ci)))
+		if (!(vxattr->exists_cb && !vxattr->exists_cb(ci))) {
 			err = vxattr->getxattr_cb(ci, value, size);
+			if (size && size < err)
+				err = -ERANGE;
+		}
 		return err;
 	}