diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 14cb602..9841272 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -1356,7 +1356,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(vmsplice, int, fd, const struct iovec __user *, uiov,
 	struct iovec iovstack[UIO_FASTIOV];
 	struct iovec *iov = iovstack;
 	struct iov_iter iter;
-	long error;
+	ssize_t error;
 	struct fd f;
 	int type;
 
@@ -1367,7 +1367,7 @@ SYSCALL_DEFINE4(vmsplice, int, fd, const struct iovec __user *, uiov,
 
 	error = import_iovec(type, uiov, nr_segs,
 			     ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack), &iov, &iter);
-	if (!error) {
+	if (error >= 0) {
 		error = do_vmsplice(f.file, &iter, flags);
 		kfree(iov);
 	}
@@ -1382,7 +1382,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(vmsplice, int, fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *, io
 	struct iovec iovstack[UIO_FASTIOV];
 	struct iovec *iov = iovstack;
 	struct iov_iter iter;
-	long error;
+	ssize_t error;
 	struct fd f;
 	int type;
 
@@ -1393,7 +1393,7 @@ COMPAT_SYSCALL_DEFINE4(vmsplice, int, fd, const struct compat_iovec __user *, io
 
 	error = compat_import_iovec(type, iov32, nr_segs,
 			     ARRAY_SIZE(iovstack), &iov, &iter);
-	if (!error) {
+	if (error >= 0) {
 		error = do_vmsplice(f.file, &iter, flags);
 		kfree(iov);
 	}