diff --git a/drivers/block/loop.c b/drivers/block/loop.c
index f00257782fcc..cd504353b278 100644
--- a/drivers/block/loop.c
+++ b/drivers/block/loop.c
@@ -356,14 +356,14 @@ lo_direct_splice_actor(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct splice_desc *sd)
 	return __splice_from_pipe(pipe, sd, lo_splice_actor);
 }
 
-static int
+static ssize_t
 do_lo_receive(struct loop_device *lo,
 	      struct bio_vec *bvec, int bsize, loff_t pos)
 {
 	struct lo_read_data cookie;
 	struct splice_desc sd;
 	struct file *file;
-	long retval;
+	ssize_t retval;
 
 	cookie.lo = lo;
 	cookie.page = bvec->bv_page;
@@ -379,26 +379,28 @@ do_lo_receive(struct loop_device *lo,
 	file = lo->lo_backing_file;
 	retval = splice_direct_to_actor(file, &sd, lo_direct_splice_actor);
 
-	if (retval < 0)
-		return retval;
-	if (retval != bvec->bv_len)
-		return -EIO;
-	return 0;
+	return retval;
 }
 
 static int
 lo_receive(struct loop_device *lo, struct bio *bio, int bsize, loff_t pos)
 {
 	struct bio_vec *bvec;
-	int i, ret = 0;
+	ssize_t s;
+	int i;
 
 	bio_for_each_segment(bvec, bio, i) {
-		ret = do_lo_receive(lo, bvec, bsize, pos);
-		if (ret < 0)
+		s = do_lo_receive(lo, bvec, bsize, pos);
+		if (s < 0)
+			return s;
+
+		if (s != bvec->bv_len) {
+			zero_fill_bio(bio);
 			break;
+		}
 		pos += bvec->bv_len;
 	}
-	return ret;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int do_bio_filebacked(struct loop_device *lo, struct bio *bio)