diff --git a/fs/read_write.c b/fs/read_write.c
index 9cd9d14..431a0ed 100644
--- a/fs/read_write.c
+++ b/fs/read_write.c
@@ -243,8 +243,6 @@
  * them to something that fits in "int" so that others
  * won't have to do range checks all the time.
  */
-#define MAX_RW_COUNT (INT_MAX & PAGE_CACHE_MASK)
-
 int rw_verify_area(int read_write, struct file *file, loff_t *ppos, size_t count)
 {
 	struct inode *inode;
@@ -584,65 +582,71 @@
 			      unsigned long nr_segs, unsigned long fast_segs,
 			      struct iovec *fast_pointer,
 			      struct iovec **ret_pointer)
-  {
+{
 	unsigned long seg;
-  	ssize_t ret;
+	ssize_t ret;
 	struct iovec *iov = fast_pointer;
 
-  	/*
-  	 * SuS says "The readv() function *may* fail if the iovcnt argument
-  	 * was less than or equal to 0, or greater than {IOV_MAX}.  Linux has
-  	 * traditionally returned zero for zero segments, so...
-  	 */
+	/*
+	 * SuS says "The readv() function *may* fail if the iovcnt argument
+	 * was less than or equal to 0, or greater than {IOV_MAX}.  Linux has
+	 * traditionally returned zero for zero segments, so...
+	 */
 	if (nr_segs == 0) {
 		ret = 0;
-  		goto out;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-  	/*
-  	 * First get the "struct iovec" from user memory and
-  	 * verify all the pointers
-  	 */
+	/*
+	 * First get the "struct iovec" from user memory and
+	 * verify all the pointers
+	 */
 	if (nr_segs > UIO_MAXIOV) {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
-  		goto out;
+		goto out;
 	}
 	if (nr_segs > fast_segs) {
-  		iov = kmalloc(nr_segs*sizeof(struct iovec), GFP_KERNEL);
+		iov = kmalloc(nr_segs*sizeof(struct iovec), GFP_KERNEL);
 		if (iov == NULL) {
 			ret = -ENOMEM;
-  			goto out;
+			goto out;
 		}
-  	}
+	}
 	if (copy_from_user(iov, uvector, nr_segs*sizeof(*uvector))) {
 		ret = -EFAULT;
-  		goto out;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-  	/*
+	/*
 	 * According to the Single Unix Specification we should return EINVAL
 	 * if an element length is < 0 when cast to ssize_t or if the
 	 * total length would overflow the ssize_t return value of the
 	 * system call.
-  	 */
+	 *
+	 * Linux caps all read/write calls to MAX_RW_COUNT, and avoids the
+	 * overflow case.
+	 */
 	ret = 0;
-  	for (seg = 0; seg < nr_segs; seg++) {
-  		void __user *buf = iov[seg].iov_base;
-  		ssize_t len = (ssize_t)iov[seg].iov_len;
+	for (seg = 0; seg < nr_segs; seg++) {
+		void __user *buf = iov[seg].iov_base;
+		ssize_t len = (ssize_t)iov[seg].iov_len;
 
 		/* see if we we're about to use an invalid len or if
 		 * it's about to overflow ssize_t */
-		if (len < 0 || (ret + len < ret)) {
+		if (len < 0) {
 			ret = -EINVAL;
-  			goto out;
+			goto out;
 		}
 		if (unlikely(!access_ok(vrfy_dir(type), buf, len))) {
 			ret = -EFAULT;
-  			goto out;
+			goto out;
 		}
-
+		if (len > MAX_RW_COUNT - ret) {
+			len = MAX_RW_COUNT - ret;
+			iov[seg].iov_len = len;
+		}
 		ret += len;
-  	}
+	}
 out:
 	*ret_pointer = iov;
 	return ret;