diff --git a/mm/filemap.c b/mm/filemap.c
index 9c7334b..d504d6e 100644
--- a/mm/filemap.c
+++ b/mm/filemap.c
@@ -2095,14 +2095,21 @@
 	do {
 		unsigned long index;
 		unsigned long offset;
-		unsigned long maxlen;
 		size_t copied;
 
 		offset = (pos & (PAGE_CACHE_SIZE -1)); /* Within page */
 		index = pos >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;
 		bytes = PAGE_CACHE_SIZE - offset;
-		if (bytes > count)
-			bytes = count;
+
+		/* Limit the size of the copy to the caller's write size */
+		bytes = min(bytes, count);
+
+		/*
+		 * Limit the size of the copy to that of the current segment,
+		 * because fault_in_pages_readable() doesn't know how to walk
+		 * segments.
+		 */
+		bytes = min(bytes, cur_iov->iov_len - iov_base);
 
 		/*
 		 * Bring in the user page that we will copy from _first_.
@@ -2110,10 +2117,7 @@
 		 * same page as we're writing to, without it being marked
 		 * up-to-date.
 		 */
-		maxlen = cur_iov->iov_len - iov_base;
-		if (maxlen > bytes)
-			maxlen = bytes;
-		fault_in_pages_readable(buf, maxlen);
+		fault_in_pages_readable(buf, bytes);
 
 		page = __grab_cache_page(mapping,index,&cached_page,&lru_pvec);
 		if (!page) {