diff --git a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/debugfs.c b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/debugfs.c
index 17f04de..d532948 100644
--- a/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/debugfs.c
+++ b/drivers/net/wireless/iwlwifi/dvm/debugfs.c
@@ -2241,10 +2241,8 @@
 	ssize_t ret;
 
 	ret = iwl_dump_nic_event_log(priv, true, &buf);
-	if (ret < 0)
-		goto err;
-	ret = simple_read_from_buffer(user_buf, count, ppos, buf, ret);
-err:
+	if (ret > 0)
+		ret = simple_read_from_buffer(user_buf, count, ppos, buf, ret);
 	kfree(buf);
 	return ret;
 }