3 files changed, 11 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/shared/copy.c b/src/shared/copy.c
index abb7fbc52b..b8b1ba1866 100644
--- a/src/shared/copy.c
+++ b/src/shared/copy.c
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ int copy_bytes(int fdf, int fdt, off_t max_bytes) {
                 /* As a fallback just copy bits by hand */
                 {
                         char buf[m];
-                        ssize_t k;
+                        int r;
 
                         n = read(fdf, buf, m);
                         if (n < 0)
@@ -71,12 +71,9 @@ int copy_bytes(int fdf, int fdt, off_t max_bytes) {
                         if (n == 0) /* EOF */
                                 break;
 
-                        errno = 0;
-                        k = loop_write(fdt, buf, n, false);
-                        if (k < 0)
-                                return k;
-                        if (k != n)
-                                return errno ? -errno : -EIO;
+                        r = loop_write(fdt, buf, n, false);
+                        if (r < 0)
+                                return r;
 
                 }
 
diff --git a/src/shared/util.c b/src/shared/util.c
index ff8835b72d..26a4f72b43 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.c
+++ b/src/shared/util.c
@@ -2292,13 +2292,15 @@ ssize_t loop_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t nbytes, bool do_poll) {
         return n;
 }
 
-ssize_t loop_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t nbytes, bool do_poll) {
+int loop_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t nbytes, bool do_poll) {
         const uint8_t *p = buf;
         ssize_t n = 0;
 
         assert(fd >= 0);
         assert(buf);
 
+        errno = 0;
+
         while (nbytes > 0) {
                 ssize_t k;
 
@@ -2317,14 +2319,15 @@ ssize_t loop_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t nbytes, bool do_poll) {
                 }
 
                 if (k <= 0)
-                        return n > 0 ? n : (k < 0 ? -errno : 0);
+                        /* We were not done yet, and a write error occured. */
+                        return errno ? -errno : -EIO;
 
                 p += k;
                 nbytes -= k;
                 n += k;
         }
 
-        return n;
+        return 0;
 }
 
 int parse_size(const char *t, off_t base, off_t *size) {
diff --git a/src/shared/util.h b/src/shared/util.h
index 61094cca2f..73bd9012fd 100644
--- a/src/shared/util.h
+++ b/src/shared/util.h
@@ -425,7 +425,7 @@ int sigaction_many(const struct sigaction *sa, ...);
 int fopen_temporary(const char *path, FILE **_f, char **_temp_path);
 
 ssize_t loop_read(int fd, void *buf, size_t nbytes, bool do_poll);
-ssize_t loop_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t nbytes, bool do_poll);
+int loop_write(int fd, const void *buf, size_t nbytes, bool do_poll);
 
 bool is_device_path(const char *path);