diff --git a/kernel/cpuset.c b/kernel/cpuset.c
index 1f06e7690106..712d02029971 100644
--- a/kernel/cpuset.c
+++ b/kernel/cpuset.c
@@ -972,6 +972,10 @@ static ssize_t cpuset_common_file_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf,
 	*s++ = '\n';
 	*s = '\0';
 
+	/* Do nothing if *ppos is at the eof or beyond the eof. */
+	if (s - page <= *ppos)
+		return 0;
+
 	start = page + *ppos;
 	n = s - start;
 	retval = n - copy_to_user(buf, start, min(n, nbytes));