diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index bc243ab8dc43..f4bce3589067 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -1377,10 +1377,10 @@ ssize_t do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in, struct file *out,
 		ret = do_splice_from(ipipe, out, &offset, len, flags);
 		file_end_write(out);
 
-		if (!off_out)
-			out->f_pos = offset;
-		else
+		if (off_out)
 			*off_out = offset;
+		else if (ret >= 0)
+			out->f_pos = offset;
 	} else if (opipe) {
 		if (off_out)
 			return -ESPIPE;
@@ -1401,10 +1401,10 @@ ssize_t do_splice(struct file *in, loff_t *off_in, struct file *out,
 
 		ret = splice_file_to_pipe(in, opipe, &offset, len, flags);
 
-		if (!off_in)
-			in->f_pos = offset;
-		else
+		if (off_in)
 			*off_in = offset;
+		else if (ret >= 0)
+			in->f_pos = offset;
 	} else {
 		ret = -EINVAL;
 	}