diff --git a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.c b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.c
index 77224d8f3e6fe6ee17cb06f81f20be18069422a9..e5d95aab2cb80d5e03e0509326e2e84e32d9c04b 100644
--- a/drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.c
+++ b/drivers/xen/pvcalls-front.c
@@ -560,15 +560,13 @@ static int __read_ring(struct pvcalls_data_intf *intf,
 	error = intf->in_error;
 	/* get pointers before reading from the ring */
 	virt_rmb();
-	if (error < 0)
-		return error;
 
 	size = pvcalls_queued(prod, cons, array_size);
 	masked_prod = pvcalls_mask(prod, array_size);
 	masked_cons = pvcalls_mask(cons, array_size);
 
 	if (size == 0)
-		return 0;
+		return error ?: size;
 
 	if (len > size)
 		len = size;