diff --git a/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c b/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
index c021280..24e0b19 100644
--- a/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
+++ b/fs/ocfs2/stack_user.c
@@ -549,26 +549,17 @@
 				  size_t count,
 				  loff_t *ppos)
 {
-	char *proto_string = OCFS2_CONTROL_PROTO;
-	size_t to_write = 0;
+	ssize_t ret;
 
-	if (*ppos >= OCFS2_CONTROL_PROTO_LEN)
-		return 0;
-
-	to_write = OCFS2_CONTROL_PROTO_LEN - *ppos;
-	if (to_write > count)
-		to_write = count;
-	if (copy_to_user(buf, proto_string + *ppos, to_write))
-		return -EFAULT;
-
-	*ppos += to_write;
+	ret = simple_read_from_buffer(buf, count, ppos,
+			OCFS2_CONTROL_PROTO, OCFS2_CONTROL_PROTO_LEN);
 
 	/* Have we read the whole protocol list? */
-	if (*ppos >= OCFS2_CONTROL_PROTO_LEN)
+	if (ret > 0 && *ppos >= OCFS2_CONTROL_PROTO_LEN)
 		ocfs2_control_set_handshake_state(file,
 						  OCFS2_CONTROL_HANDSHAKE_READ);
 
-	return to_write;
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static int ocfs2_control_release(struct inode *inode, struct file *file)