diff --git a/fs/coredump.c b/fs/coredump.c
index 9db0c51..492c2db 100644
--- a/fs/coredump.c
+++ b/fs/coredump.c
@@ -782,7 +782,7 @@
 	struct file *file = cprm->file;
 	loff_t pos = file->f_pos;
 	ssize_t n;
-	if (pos + nr > cprm->limit)
+	if (cprm->written + nr > cprm->limit)
 		return 0;
 	while (nr) {
 		if (dump_interrupted())
@@ -791,6 +791,7 @@
 		if (n <= 0)
 			return 0;
 		file->f_pos = pos;
+		cprm->written += n;
 		nr -= n;
 	}
 	return 1;
@@ -802,8 +803,6 @@
 	static char zeroes[PAGE_SIZE];
 	struct file *file = cprm->file;
 	if (file->f_op->llseek && file->f_op->llseek != no_llseek) {
-		if (file->f_pos + nr > cprm->limit)
-			return 0;
 		if (dump_interrupted() ||
 		    file->f_op->llseek(file, nr, SEEK_CUR) < 0)
 			return 0;