diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index 8e506a45a6ef..d902b413941a 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -1818,9 +1818,7 @@ static loff_t shmem_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 	mutex_lock(&inode->i_mutex);
 	/* We're holding i_mutex so we can access i_size directly */
 
-	if (offset < 0)
-		offset = -EINVAL;
-	else if (offset >= inode->i_size)
+	if (offset < 0 || offset >= inode->i_size)
 		offset = -ENXIO;
 	else {
 		start = offset >> PAGE_CACHE_SHIFT;