diff --git a/fs/splice.c b/fs/splice.c
index 78150038b584..a048ad2130c3 100644
--- a/fs/splice.c
+++ b/fs/splice.c
@@ -983,7 +983,7 @@ ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *in, struct splice_desc *sd,
 
 	while (len) {
 		size_t read_len;
-		loff_t pos = sd->pos;
+		loff_t pos = sd->pos, prev_pos = pos;
 
 		ret = do_splice_to(in, &pos, pipe, len, flags);
 		if (unlikely(ret <= 0))
@@ -998,15 +998,19 @@ ssize_t splice_direct_to_actor(struct file *in, struct splice_desc *sd,
 		 * could get stuck data in the internal pipe:
 		 */
 		ret = actor(pipe, sd);
-		if (unlikely(ret <= 0))
+		if (unlikely(ret <= 0)) {
+			sd->pos = prev_pos;
 			goto out_release;
+		}
 
 		bytes += ret;
 		len -= ret;
 		sd->pos = pos;
 
-		if (ret < read_len)
+		if (ret < read_len) {
+			sd->pos = prev_pos + ret;
 			goto out_release;
+		}
 	}
 
 done:
@@ -1072,7 +1076,7 @@ long do_splice_direct(struct file *in, loff_t *ppos, struct file *out,
 
 	ret = splice_direct_to_actor(in, &sd, direct_splice_actor);
 	if (ret > 0)
-		*ppos += ret;
+		*ppos = sd.pos;
 
 	return ret;
 }
diff --git a/kernel/relay.c b/kernel/relay.c
index bc24dcdc570f..7de644cdec43 100644
--- a/kernel/relay.c
+++ b/kernel/relay.c
@@ -1191,7 +1191,7 @@ static ssize_t relay_file_splice_read(struct file *in,
 	ret = 0;
 	spliced = 0;
 
-	while (len) {
+	while (len && !spliced) {
 		ret = subbuf_splice_actor(in, ppos, pipe, len, flags, &nonpad_ret);
 		if (ret < 0)
 			break;