drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c | 14 ++++++--------
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
index f566eb1839dc..c599b452969f 100644
--- a/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
+++ b/drivers/tty/vt/vc_screen.c
@@ -406,19 +406,17 @@ vcs_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 		ret = -ENXIO;
 		vc = vcs_vc(inode, &viewed);
 		if (!vc)
-			goto unlock_out;
+			break;
 
 		/* Check whether we are above size each round,
 		 * as copy_to_user at the end of this loop
 		 * could sleep.
 		 */
-		size = vcs_size(vc, attr, uni_mode);
-		if (size < 0) {
-			if (read)
-				break;
-			ret = size;
-			goto unlock_out;
-		}
+		ret = vcs_size(vc, attr, uni_mode);
+		if (ret < 0)
+			break;
+		size = ret;
+		ret = 0;
 		if (pos >= size)
 			break;
 		if (count > size - pos)