diff --git a/drivers/char/mem.c b/drivers/char/mem.c
index 192af59..868ff2c 100644
--- a/drivers/char/mem.c
+++ b/drivers/char/mem.c
@@ -440,19 +440,18 @@
 		if (!kbuf)
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		while (count > 0) {
-			int len = size_inside_page(p, count);
-
-			len = vread(kbuf, (char *)p, len);
-			if (!len)
+			sz = size_inside_page(p, count);
+			sz = vread(kbuf, (char *)p, sz);
+			if (!sz)
 				break;
-			if (copy_to_user(buf, kbuf, len)) {
+			if (copy_to_user(buf, kbuf, sz)) {
 				free_page((unsigned long)kbuf);
 				return -EFAULT;
 			}
-			count -= len;
-			buf += len;
-			read += len;
-			p += len;
+			count -= sz;
+			buf += sz;
+			read += sz;
+			p += sz;
 		}
 		free_page((unsigned long)kbuf);
 	}
@@ -522,19 +521,14 @@
 	unsigned long p = *ppos;
 	ssize_t wrote = 0;
 	ssize_t virtr = 0;
-	ssize_t written;
 	char * kbuf; /* k-addr because vwrite() takes vmlist_lock rwlock */
 
 	if (p < (unsigned long) high_memory) {
-
-		wrote = count;
-		if (count > (unsigned long) high_memory - p)
-			wrote = (unsigned long) high_memory - p;
-
-		written = do_write_kmem((void*)p, p, buf, wrote, ppos);
-		if (written != wrote)
-			return written;
-		wrote = written;
+		unsigned long to_write = min_t(unsigned long, count,
+					       (unsigned long)high_memory - p);
+		wrote = do_write_kmem((void *)p, p, buf, to_write, ppos);
+		if (wrote != to_write)
+			return wrote;
 		p += wrote;
 		buf += wrote;
 		count -= wrote;
@@ -545,20 +539,21 @@
 		if (!kbuf)
 			return wrote ? wrote : -ENOMEM;
 		while (count > 0) {
-			int len = size_inside_page(p, count);
+			unsigned long sz = size_inside_page(p, count);
+			unsigned long n;
 
-			written = copy_from_user(kbuf, buf, len);
-			if (written) {
+			n = copy_from_user(kbuf, buf, sz);
+			if (n) {
 				if (wrote + virtr)
 					break;
 				free_page((unsigned long)kbuf);
 				return -EFAULT;
 			}
-			len = vwrite(kbuf, (char *)p, len);
-			count -= len;
-			buf += len;
-			virtr += len;
-			p += len;
+			sz = vwrite(kbuf, (char *)p, sz);
+			count -= sz;
+			buf += sz;
+			virtr += sz;
+			p += sz;
 		}
 		free_page((unsigned long)kbuf);
 	}