diff --git a/drivers/staging/hievent/hievent_driver.c b/drivers/staging/hievent/hievent_driver.c
index a4b02b737213b1dc1451d3934bfb7c5ac8f8c532..477920dec00bdf3d41c4196bf7c2e1cfa5ab3ead 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hievent/hievent_driver.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hievent/hievent_driver.c
@@ -136,12 +136,17 @@ static int hievent_read_ring_head_buffer(unsigned char * const buffer,
 static ssize_t hievent_read(struct file *file, char __user *user_buf,
 			    size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
+	int rc;
 	size_t retval;
 	struct hievent_entry header;
 
 	(void)file;
 
-	wait_event_interruptible(hievent_dev.wq, (hievent_dev.size > 0));
+	rc = wait_event_interruptible(hievent_dev.wq, (hievent_dev.size > 0));
+	if (rc) {
+		retval = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	(void)mutex_lock(&hievent_dev.mtx);
 
diff --git a/drivers/staging/hilog/hilog.c b/drivers/staging/hilog/hilog.c
index b641190431b0d4f10a4bcadad52b17feeafc7828..6a47dc1985a2d7ab3d31d26075153d5fd12359b7 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/hilog/hilog.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/hilog/hilog.c
@@ -143,11 +143,16 @@ static int hilog_read_ring_head_buffer(unsigned char *buffer, size_t buf_len)
 static ssize_t hilog_read(struct file *file,
 			  char __user *user_buf, size_t count, loff_t *ppos)
 {
+	int rc;
 	size_t retval;
 	struct hilog_entry header;
 
 	(void)file;
-	wait_event_interruptible(hilog_dev.wq, (hilog_dev.size > 0));
+	rc = wait_event_interruptible(hilog_dev.wq, (hilog_dev.size > 0));
+	if (rc) {
+		retval = -EINVAL;
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	(void)mutex_lock(&hilog_dev.mtx);