diff --git a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
index 8ad3adb2ceb1..545358923271 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/lustre/lustre/obdclass/class_obd.c
@@ -180,7 +180,8 @@ int class_handle_ioctl(unsigned int cmd, unsigned long arg)
 			err = -ENOMEM;
 			goto out;
 		}
-		err = copy_from_user(lcfg, data->ioc_pbuf1, data->ioc_plen1);
+		if (copy_from_user(lcfg, data->ioc_pbuf1, data->ioc_plen1))
+			err = -EFAULT;
 		if (!err)
 			err = lustre_cfg_sanity_check(lcfg, data->ioc_plen1);
 		if (!err)