diff --git a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
index 39ed22b80229..75256251250d 100644
--- a/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
+++ b/drivers/staging/comedi/comedi_fops.c
@@ -584,6 +584,8 @@ static int do_bufinfo_ioctl(struct comedi_device *dev,
 		bi.buf_read_ptr = 0;
 		bi.buf_write_count = 0;
 		bi.buf_read_count = 0;
+		bi.bytes_read = 0;
+		bi.bytes_written = 0;
 		goto copyback;
 	}