diff --git a/mm/shmem.c b/mm/shmem.c
index ea26d7a0342d77..d44991ea5ed4b7 100644
--- a/mm/shmem.c
+++ b/mm/shmem.c
@@ -2563,9 +2563,7 @@ static loff_t shmem_file_llseek(struct file *file, loff_t offset, int whence)
 	inode_lock(inode);
 	/* 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_SHIFT;