diff --git a/fs/kernfs/file.c b/fs/kernfs/file.c
index c53d9cc5ae7a..a03ce3422578 100644
--- a/fs/kernfs/file.c
+++ b/fs/kernfs/file.c
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ static ssize_t kernfs_fop_write(struct file *file, const char __user *user_buf,
 {
 	struct kernfs_open_file *of = kernfs_of(file);
 	const struct kernfs_ops *ops;
-	size_t len;
+	ssize_t len;
 	char *buf;
 
 	if (of->atomic_write_len) {
diff --git a/fs/seq_file.c b/fs/seq_file.c
index 4be761c1a03d..eea09f6d8830 100644
--- a/fs/seq_file.c
+++ b/fs/seq_file.c
@@ -181,8 +181,11 @@ ssize_t seq_read(struct file *file, char __user *buf, size_t size, loff_t *ppos)
 	 * if request is to read from zero offset, reset iterator to first
 	 * record as it might have been already advanced by previous requests
 	 */
-	if (*ppos == 0)
+	if (*ppos == 0) {
 		m->index = 0;
+		m->version = 0;
+		m->count = 0;
+	}
 
 	/* Don't assume *ppos is where we left it */
 	if (unlikely(*ppos != m->read_pos)) {