unsigned long got;
 
        if (plpar_hcall(H_GET_TERM_CHAR, vtermno, 0, 0, 0, &got,
-               (unsigned long *)buf, (unsigned long *)buf+1) == H_Success) {
-               /*
-                * Work around a HV bug where it gives us a null
-                * after every \r.  -- paulus
-                */
-               if (got > 0) {
-                       int i;
-                       for (i = 1; i < got; ++i) {
-                               if (buf[i] == 0 && buf[i-1] == '\r') {
-                                       --got;
-                                       if (i < got)
-                                               memmove(&buf[i], &buf[i+1],
-                                                       got - i);
-                               }
-                       }
-               }
+               (unsigned long *)buf, (unsigned long *)buf+1) == H_Success)
                return got;
-       }
        return 0;
 }
 
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(hvc_get_chars);
 
+
 /**
  * hvc_put_chars: send characters to firmware for denoted vterm adapter
  * @vtermno: The vtermno or unit_address of the adapter from which the data
 
 };
 MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(vio, hvc_driver_table);
 
+static int filtered_get_chars(uint32_t vtermno, char *buf, int count)
+{
+       unsigned long got;
+       int i;
+
+       got = hvc_get_chars(vtermno, buf, count);
+
+       /*
+        * Work around a HV bug where it gives us a null
+        * after every \r.  -- paulus
+        */
+       for (i = 1; i < got; ++i) {
+               if (buf[i] == 0 && buf[i-1] == '\r') {
+                       --got;
+                       if (i < got)
+                               memmove(&buf[i], &buf[i+1],
+                                       got - i);
+               }
+       }
+       return got;
+}
+
 static struct hv_ops hvc_get_put_ops = {
-       .get_chars = hvc_get_chars,
+       .get_chars = filtered_get_chars,
        .put_chars = hvc_put_chars,
 };