diff --git a/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c b/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c
index 42eac114edd7..9aec3338e37d 100644
--- a/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c
+++ b/drivers/misc/eeprom/idt_89hpesx.c
@@ -909,14 +909,18 @@ static ssize_t idt_dbgfs_csr_write(struct file *filep, const char __user *ubuf,
 	u32 csraddr, csrval;
 	char *buf;
 
+	if (*offp)
+		return 0;
+
 	/* Copy data from User-space */
 	buf = kmalloc(count + 1, GFP_KERNEL);
 	if (!buf)
 		return -ENOMEM;
 
-	ret = simple_write_to_buffer(buf, count, offp, ubuf, count);
-	if (ret < 0)
+	if (copy_from_user(buf, ubuf, count)) {
+		ret = -EFAULT;
 		goto free_buf;
+	}
 	buf[count] = 0;
 
 	/* Find position of colon in the buffer */