diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
index 7290f422be65..61ae1af34f17 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/pcie/trans.c
@@ -1434,16 +1434,15 @@ static ssize_t iwl_dbgfs_fh_reg_read(struct file *file,
 {
 	struct iwl_trans *trans = file->private_data;
 	char *buf = NULL;
-	int pos = 0;
-	ssize_t ret = -EFAULT;
-
-	ret = pos = iwl_dump_fh(trans, &buf);
-	if (buf) {
-		ret = simple_read_from_buffer(user_buf,
-					      count, ppos, buf, pos);
-		kfree(buf);
-	}
+	ssize_t ret;
 
+	ret = iwl_dump_fh(trans, &buf);
+	if (ret < 0)
+		return ret;
+	if (!buf)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	ret = simple_read_from_buffer(user_buf, count, ppos, buf, ret);
+	kfree(buf);
 	return ret;
 }