diff --git a/drivers/s390/char/vmur.c b/drivers/s390/char/vmur.c
index e90b0f8..161867c 100644
--- a/drivers/s390/char/vmur.c
+++ b/drivers/s390/char/vmur.c
@@ -486,7 +486,7 @@
 		}
 		if (rc)
 			goto fail;
-		if (reclen)
+		if (reclen && (copied == 0) && (*offs < PAGE_SIZE))
 			*((u16 *) &buf[FILE_RECLEN_OFFSET]) = reclen;
 		len = min(count - copied, PAGE_SIZE - res);
 		if (copy_to_user(ubuf + copied, buf + res, len)) {