diff --git a/lib/iov_iter.c b/lib/iov_iter.c
index 908e75a28d90bda63cdb4dc83ad90059ee8ef5b7..bdb37d572e97ca7ae9ba87cdbf10ba794f3d087c 100644
--- a/lib/iov_iter.c
+++ b/lib/iov_iter.c
@@ -1428,6 +1428,8 @@ static ssize_t __import_iovec_ubuf(int type, const struct iovec __user *uvec,
 	struct iovec *iov = *iovp;
 	ssize_t ret;
 
+	*iovp = NULL;
+
 	if (compat)
 		ret = copy_compat_iovec_from_user(iov, uvec, 1);
 	else
@@ -1438,7 +1440,6 @@ static ssize_t __import_iovec_ubuf(int type, const struct iovec __user *uvec,
 	ret = import_ubuf(type, iov->iov_base, iov->iov_len, i);
 	if (unlikely(ret))
 		return ret;
-	*iovp = NULL;
 	return i->count;
 }