diff --git a/arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h
index a49635c51266..92ade79ac427 100644
--- a/arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/sh/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -151,7 +151,10 @@ copy_from_user(void *to, const void __user *from, unsigned long n)
 	__kernel_size_t __copy_size = (__kernel_size_t) n;
 
 	if (__copy_size && __access_ok(__copy_from, __copy_size))
-		return __copy_user(to, from, __copy_size);
+		__copy_size = __copy_user(to, from, __copy_size);
+
+	if (unlikely(__copy_size))
+		memset(to + (n - __copy_size), 0, __copy_size);
 
 	return __copy_size;
 }