1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index ffb92b9d34ba..622b6aa1b72f 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -1012,13 +1012,17 @@ generic_file_splice_write(struct pipe_inode_info *pipe, struct file *out,
 	struct address_space *mapping = out->f_mapping;
 	struct inode *inode = mapping->host;
 	struct splice_desc sd = {
-		.total_len = len,
 		.flags = flags,
-		.pos = *ppos,
 		.u.file = out,
 	};
 	ssize_t ret;
 
+	ret = generic_write_checks(out, ppos, &len, S_ISBLK(inode->i_mode));
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+	sd.total_len = len;
+	sd.pos = *ppos;
+
 	pipe_lock(pipe);
 
 	splice_from_pipe_begin(&sd);