- sys_wait4(pid, (int __user *) &sub_info->retval, 0, NULL);
+ sys_wait4(pid, (int __user *)&ret, 0, NULL);
+
+ /*
+ * If ret is 0, either ____call_usermodehelper failed and the
+ * real error code is already in sub_info->retval or
+ * sub_info->retval is 0 anyway, so don't mess with it then.
+ */
+ if (ret)
+ sub_info->retval = ret;