diff --git a/mm/hugetlb.c b/mm/hugetlb.c
index ce8e5bb6f03..bb0b7c12801 100644
--- a/mm/hugetlb.c
+++ b/mm/hugetlb.c
@@ -1375,10 +1375,8 @@ static ssize_t nr_hugepages_store_common(bool obey_mempolicy,
 	NODEMASK_ALLOC(nodemask_t, nodes_allowed, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_NORETRY);
 
 	err = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &count);
-	if (err) {
-		err = 0;		/* This seems wrong */
+	if (err)
 		goto out;
-	}
 
 	h = kobj_to_hstate(kobj, &nid);
 	if (h->order >= MAX_ORDER) {
@@ -1469,7 +1467,7 @@ static ssize_t nr_overcommit_hugepages_store(struct kobject *kobj,
 
 	err = strict_strtoul(buf, 10, &input);
 	if (err)
-		return 0;
+		return err;
 
 	spin_lock(&hugetlb_lock);
 	h->nr_overcommit_huge_pages = input;