diff --git a/arch/um/os-Linux/aio.c b/arch/um/os-Linux/aio.c
index b126df4..5934835 100644
--- a/arch/um/os-Linux/aio.c
+++ b/arch/um/os-Linux/aio.c
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 #include "init.h"
 #include "user.h"
 #include "mode.h"
+#include "kern_constants.h"
 
 struct aio_thread_req {
 	enum aio_type type;
@@ -65,47 +66,33 @@
 static int do_aio(aio_context_t ctx, enum aio_type type, int fd, char *buf,
 		  int len, unsigned long long offset, struct aio_context *aio)
 {
-	struct iocb iocb, *iocbp = &iocb;
+	struct iocb *iocbp = & ((struct iocb) {
+				    .aio_data       = (unsigned long) aio,
+				    .aio_fildes     = fd,
+				    .aio_buf        = (unsigned long) buf,
+				    .aio_nbytes     = len,
+				    .aio_offset     = offset
+			     });
 	char c;
-	int err;
 
-	iocb = ((struct iocb) { .aio_data 	= (unsigned long) aio,
-				.aio_reqprio	= 0,
-				.aio_fildes	= fd,
-				.aio_buf	= (unsigned long) buf,
-				.aio_nbytes	= len,
-				.aio_offset	= offset,
-				.aio_reserved1	= 0,
-				.aio_reserved2	= 0,
-				.aio_reserved3	= 0 });
-
-	switch(type){
+	switch (type) {
 	case AIO_READ:
-		iocb.aio_lio_opcode = IOCB_CMD_PREAD;
-		err = io_submit(ctx, 1, &iocbp);
+		iocbp->aio_lio_opcode = IOCB_CMD_PREAD;
 		break;
 	case AIO_WRITE:
-		iocb.aio_lio_opcode = IOCB_CMD_PWRITE;
-		err = io_submit(ctx, 1, &iocbp);
+		iocbp->aio_lio_opcode = IOCB_CMD_PWRITE;
 		break;
 	case AIO_MMAP:
-		iocb.aio_lio_opcode = IOCB_CMD_PREAD;
-		iocb.aio_buf = (unsigned long) &c;
-		iocb.aio_nbytes = sizeof(c);
-		err = io_submit(ctx, 1, &iocbp);
+		iocbp->aio_lio_opcode = IOCB_CMD_PREAD;
+		iocbp->aio_buf = (unsigned long) &c;
+		iocbp->aio_nbytes = sizeof(c);
 		break;
 	default:
-		printk("Bogus op in do_aio - %d\n", type);
-		err = -EINVAL;
-		break;
+		printk(UM_KERN_ERR "Bogus op in do_aio - %d\n", type);
+		return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	if(err > 0)
-		err = 0;
-	else
-		err = -errno;
-
-	return err;
+	return (io_submit(ctx, 1, &iocbp) > 0) ? 0 : -errno;
 }
 
 /* Initialized in an initcall and unchanged thereafter */