Index: sys/kern/kern_sendfile.c
===================================================================
--- sys/kern/kern_sendfile.c
+++ sys/kern/kern_sendfile.c
@@ -1007,8 +1007,18 @@
 	    uap->nbytes, &sbytes, uap->flags, td);
 	fdrop(fp, td);
 
-	if (uap->sbytes != NULL)
-		copyout(&sbytes, uap->sbytes, sizeof(off_t));
+	if (uap->sbytes != NULL) {
+		int copyout_error;
+
+		copyout_error = copyout(&sbytes, uap->sbytes, sizeof(off_t));
+		/*
+		 * Ensure that copyout's success doesn't mask an existing
+		 * error,
+		 *
+		 * copyout(9) failing should be a rare occurrence.
+		 */
+		error = copyout_error != 0 ? copyout_error : error;
+	}
 
 out:
 	free(hdr_uio, M_IOV);