diff --git a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
index f04791a..09f3a7d 100644
--- a/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
+++ b/drivers/ide/ide-tape.c
@@ -2646,21 +2646,23 @@
 	return __idetape_kmalloc_stage(tape, 0, 0);
 }
 
-static void idetape_copy_stage_from_user (idetape_tape_t *tape, idetape_stage_t *stage, const char __user *buf, int n)
+static int idetape_copy_stage_from_user (idetape_tape_t *tape, idetape_stage_t *stage, const char __user *buf, int n)
 {
 	struct idetape_bh *bh = tape->bh;
 	int count;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	while (n) {
 #if IDETAPE_DEBUG_BUGS
 		if (bh == NULL) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: bh == NULL in "
 				"idetape_copy_stage_from_user\n");
-			return;
+			return 1;
 		}
 #endif /* IDETAPE_DEBUG_BUGS */
 		count = min((unsigned int)(bh->b_size - atomic_read(&bh->b_count)), (unsigned int)n);
-		copy_from_user(bh->b_data + atomic_read(&bh->b_count), buf, count);
+		if (copy_from_user(bh->b_data + atomic_read(&bh->b_count), buf, count))
+			ret = 1;
 		n -= count;
 		atomic_add(count, &bh->b_count);
 		buf += count;
@@ -2671,23 +2673,26 @@
 		}
 	}
 	tape->bh = bh;
+	return ret;
 }
 
-static void idetape_copy_stage_to_user (idetape_tape_t *tape, char __user *buf, idetape_stage_t *stage, int n)
+static int idetape_copy_stage_to_user (idetape_tape_t *tape, char __user *buf, idetape_stage_t *stage, int n)
 {
 	struct idetape_bh *bh = tape->bh;
 	int count;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	while (n) {
 #if IDETAPE_DEBUG_BUGS
 		if (bh == NULL) {
 			printk(KERN_ERR "ide-tape: bh == NULL in "
 				"idetape_copy_stage_to_user\n");
-			return;
+			return 1;
 		}
 #endif /* IDETAPE_DEBUG_BUGS */
 		count = min(tape->b_count, n);
-		copy_to_user(buf, tape->b_data, count);
+		if  (copy_to_user(buf, tape->b_data, count))
+			ret = 1;
 		n -= count;
 		tape->b_data += count;
 		tape->b_count -= count;
@@ -2700,6 +2705,7 @@
 			}
 		}
 	}
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void idetape_init_merge_stage (idetape_tape_t *tape)
@@ -3719,6 +3725,7 @@
 	struct ide_tape_obj *tape = ide_tape_f(file);
 	ide_drive_t *drive = tape->drive;
 	ssize_t bytes_read,temp, actually_read = 0, rc;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
 #if IDETAPE_DEBUG_LOG
 	if (tape->debug_level >= 3)
@@ -3737,7 +3744,8 @@
 		return (0);
 	if (tape->merge_stage_size) {
 		actually_read = min((unsigned int)(tape->merge_stage_size), (unsigned int)count);
-		idetape_copy_stage_to_user(tape, buf, tape->merge_stage, actually_read);
+		if (idetape_copy_stage_to_user(tape, buf, tape->merge_stage, actually_read))
+			ret = -EFAULT;
 		buf += actually_read;
 		tape->merge_stage_size -= actually_read;
 		count -= actually_read;
@@ -3746,7 +3754,8 @@
 		bytes_read = idetape_add_chrdev_read_request(drive, tape->capabilities.ctl);
 		if (bytes_read <= 0)
 			goto finish;
-		idetape_copy_stage_to_user(tape, buf, tape->merge_stage, bytes_read);
+		if (idetape_copy_stage_to_user(tape, buf, tape->merge_stage, bytes_read))
+			ret = -EFAULT;
 		buf += bytes_read;
 		count -= bytes_read;
 		actually_read += bytes_read;
@@ -3756,7 +3765,8 @@
 		if (bytes_read <= 0)
 			goto finish;
 		temp = min((unsigned long)count, (unsigned long)bytes_read);
-		idetape_copy_stage_to_user(tape, buf, tape->merge_stage, temp);
+		if (idetape_copy_stage_to_user(tape, buf, tape->merge_stage, temp))
+			ret = -EFAULT;
 		actually_read += temp;
 		tape->merge_stage_size = bytes_read-temp;
 	}
@@ -3769,7 +3779,8 @@
 		idetape_space_over_filemarks(drive, MTFSF, 1);
 		return 0;
 	}
-	return actually_read;
+
+	return (ret) ? ret : actually_read;
 }
 
 static ssize_t idetape_chrdev_write (struct file *file, const char __user *buf,
@@ -3777,7 +3788,8 @@
 {
 	struct ide_tape_obj *tape = ide_tape_f(file);
 	ide_drive_t *drive = tape->drive;
-	ssize_t retval, actually_written = 0;
+	ssize_t actually_written = 0;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
 	/* The drive is write protected. */
 	if (tape->write_prot)
@@ -3813,7 +3825,7 @@
 		 *	some drives (Seagate STT3401A) will return an error.
 		 */
 		if (drive->dsc_overlap) {
-			retval = idetape_queue_rw_tail(drive, REQ_IDETAPE_WRITE, 0, tape->merge_stage->bh);
+			ssize_t retval = idetape_queue_rw_tail(drive, REQ_IDETAPE_WRITE, 0, tape->merge_stage->bh);
 			if (retval < 0) {
 				__idetape_kfree_stage(tape->merge_stage);
 				tape->merge_stage = NULL;
@@ -3834,12 +3846,14 @@
 		}
 #endif /* IDETAPE_DEBUG_BUGS */
 		actually_written = min((unsigned int)(tape->stage_size - tape->merge_stage_size), (unsigned int)count);
-		idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, tape->merge_stage, buf, actually_written);
+		if (idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, tape->merge_stage, buf, actually_written))
+				ret = -EFAULT;
 		buf += actually_written;
 		tape->merge_stage_size += actually_written;
 		count -= actually_written;
 
 		if (tape->merge_stage_size == tape->stage_size) {
+			ssize_t retval;
 			tape->merge_stage_size = 0;
 			retval = idetape_add_chrdev_write_request(drive, tape->capabilities.ctl);
 			if (retval <= 0)
@@ -3847,7 +3861,9 @@
 		}
 	}
 	while (count >= tape->stage_size) {
-		idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, tape->merge_stage, buf, tape->stage_size);
+		ssize_t retval;
+		if (idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, tape->merge_stage, buf, tape->stage_size))
+			ret = -EFAULT;
 		buf += tape->stage_size;
 		count -= tape->stage_size;
 		retval = idetape_add_chrdev_write_request(drive, tape->capabilities.ctl);
@@ -3857,10 +3873,11 @@
 	}
 	if (count) {
 		actually_written += count;
-		idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, tape->merge_stage, buf, count);
+		if (idetape_copy_stage_from_user(tape, tape->merge_stage, buf, count))
+			ret = -EFAULT;
 		tape->merge_stage_size += count;
 	}
-	return (actually_written);
+	return (ret) ? ret : actually_written;
 }
 
 static int idetape_write_filemark (ide_drive_t *drive)