diff --git a/drivers/input/serio/serio_raw.c b/drivers/input/serio/serio_raw.c
index 3e243621c0e..59df2e7317a 100644
--- a/drivers/input/serio/serio_raw.c
+++ b/drivers/input/serio/serio_raw.c
@@ -165,9 +165,9 @@ static ssize_t serio_raw_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer,
 	struct serio_raw *serio_raw = client->serio_raw;
 	char uninitialized_var(c);
 	ssize_t read = 0;
-	int error = 0;
+	int error;
 
-	do {
+	for (;;) {
 		if (serio_raw->dead)
 			return -ENODEV;
 
@@ -179,24 +179,24 @@ static ssize_t serio_raw_read(struct file *file, char __user *buffer,
 			break;
 
 		while (read < count && serio_raw_fetch_byte(serio_raw, &c)) {
-			if (put_user(c, buffer++)) {
-				error = -EFAULT;
-				goto out;
-			}
+			if (put_user(c, buffer++))
+				return -EFAULT;
 			read++;
 		}
 
 		if (read)
 			break;
 
-		if (!(file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK))
+		if (!(file->f_flags & O_NONBLOCK)) {
 			error = wait_event_interruptible(serio_raw->wait,
 					serio_raw->head != serio_raw->tail ||
 					serio_raw->dead);
-	} while (!error);
+			if (error)
+				return error;
+		}
+	}
 
-out:
-	return read ?: error;
+	return read;
 }
 
 static ssize_t serio_raw_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
@@ -204,8 +204,7 @@ static ssize_t serio_raw_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 {
 	struct serio_raw_client *client = file->private_data;
 	struct serio_raw *serio_raw = client->serio_raw;
-	ssize_t written = 0;
-	int retval;
+	int retval = 0;
 	unsigned char c;
 
 	retval = mutex_lock_interruptible(&serio_raw_mutex);
@@ -225,16 +224,20 @@ static ssize_t serio_raw_write(struct file *file, const char __user *buffer,
 			retval = -EFAULT;
 			goto out;
 		}
+
 		if (serio_write(serio_raw->serio, c)) {
-			retval = -EIO;
+			/* Either signal error or partial write */
+			if (retval == 0)
+				retval = -EIO;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		written++;
+
+		retval++;
 	}
 
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&serio_raw_mutex);
-	return written ?: retval;
+	return retval;
 }
 
 static unsigned int serio_raw_poll(struct file *file, poll_table *wait)