diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/st33zp24.c b/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/st33zp24.c
index 64dc560859f2c400ec6570561a673d5ac05da459..13dc614b7ebc8d1c18837b0df621bc7e586012ec 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/st33zp24.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/st33zp24/st33zp24.c
@@ -436,7 +436,7 @@ static int st33zp24_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, unsigned char *buf,
 			goto out_err;
 	}
 
-	return len;
+	return 0;
 out_err:
 	st33zp24_cancel(chip);
 	release_locality(chip);
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
index d9439f9abe78dfe0e12c6bf69c8fef33e76960e3..88d2e01a651d84bd6fbdf87be82efeb92c323cd7 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm-interface.c
@@ -230,10 +230,19 @@ static ssize_t tpm_try_transmit(struct tpm_chip *chip,
 	if (rc < 0) {
 		if (rc != -EPIPE)
 			dev_err(&chip->dev,
-				"%s: tpm_send: error %d\n", __func__, rc);
+				"%s: send(): error %d\n", __func__, rc);
 		goto out;
 	}
 
+	/* A sanity check. send() should just return zero on success e.g.
+	 * not the command length.
+	 */
+	if (rc > 0) {
+		dev_warn(&chip->dev,
+			 "%s: send(): invalid value %d\n", __func__, rc);
+		rc = 0;
+	}
+
 	if (chip->flags & TPM_CHIP_FLAG_IRQ)
 		goto out_recv;
 
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c
index 66a14526aaf4c811f7f15d0bd94c195ab2dabd3e..a290b30a0c3570b11db5a81b7369e331adc66c34 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_atmel.c
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ static int tpm_atml_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t count)
 		iowrite8(buf[i], priv->iobase);
 	}
 
-	return count;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void tpm_atml_cancel(struct tpm_chip *chip)
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_atmel.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_atmel.c
index 95ce2e9ccdc6e2ec40c7d52b0f35d17ba260001e..32a8e27c5382fe2677393e9f47f5055f1013c163 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_atmel.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_atmel.c
@@ -65,7 +65,11 @@ static int i2c_atmel_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t len)
 	dev_dbg(&chip->dev,
 		"%s(buf=%*ph len=%0zx) -> sts=%d\n", __func__,
 		(int)min_t(size_t, 64, len), buf, len, status);
-	return status;
+
+	if (status < 0)
+		return status;
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int i2c_atmel_recv(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t count)
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_infineon.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_infineon.c
index 3b490d9d90e71093f4361957548b28a68e74856c..3b4e9672ff6cdb622fd063021c146975120f8fb8 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_infineon.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_infineon.c
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ static int tpm_tis_i2c_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t len)
 	/* go and do it */
 	iic_tpm_write(TPM_STS(tpm_dev.locality), &sts, 1);
 
-	return len;
+	return 0;
 out_err:
 	tpm_tis_i2c_ready(chip);
 	/* The TPM needs some time to clean up here,
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_nuvoton.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_nuvoton.c
index 5700cc2ddee1cc9b3e6f56fdba1398786d64eeff..315a3b4548f7384f812823c143d59e1b4d52a2da 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_nuvoton.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_i2c_nuvoton.c
@@ -465,7 +465,7 @@ static int i2c_nuvoton_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t len)
 	}
 
 	dev_dbg(dev, "%s() -> %zd\n", __func__, len);
-	return len;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static bool i2c_nuvoton_req_canceled(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 status)
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c
index 07b5a487d0c88d848a42b8a851c226d61dff1990..757ca45b39b84cd760a12a4b3d0726fde00c91cb 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_ibmvtpm.c
@@ -139,14 +139,14 @@ static int tpm_ibmvtpm_recv(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t count)
 }
 
 /**
- * tpm_ibmvtpm_send - Send tpm request
- *
+ * tpm_ibmvtpm_send() - Send a TPM command
  * @chip:	tpm chip struct
  * @buf:	buffer contains data to send
  * @count:	size of buffer
  *
  * Return:
- *	Number of bytes sent or < 0 on error.
+ *   0 on success,
+ *   -errno on error
  */
 static int tpm_ibmvtpm_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t count)
 {
@@ -192,7 +192,7 @@ static int tpm_ibmvtpm_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t count)
 		rc = 0;
 		ibmvtpm->tpm_processing_cmd = false;
 	} else
-		rc = count;
+		rc = 0;
 
 	spin_unlock(&ibmvtpm->rtce_lock);
 	return rc;
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_infineon.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_infineon.c
index d8f10047fbbaf1f2f965a795358e60be859fb759..97f6d4fe0aee14d8a49d88480f7b78bb84462f67 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_infineon.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_infineon.c
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ static int tpm_inf_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 * buf, size_t count)
 	for (i = 0; i < count; i++) {
 		wait_and_send(chip, buf[i]);
 	}
-	return count;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void tpm_inf_cancel(struct tpm_chip *chip)
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_nsc.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_nsc.c
index 5d6cce74cd3fa3e7f71cf207454dd1e5e492e560..9bee3c5eb4bf342dc41cfdd29d1a6f01ee4a67ca 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_nsc.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_nsc.c
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ static int tpm_nsc_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 * buf, size_t count)
 	}
 	outb(NSC_COMMAND_EOC, priv->base + NSC_COMMAND);
 
-	return count;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void tpm_nsc_cancel(struct tpm_chip *chip)
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
index bf7e49cfa6435cbb6c78af2e49949ddab7d63264..bb0c2e160562279d1c2d261e2ff20174a8ad7c65 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_tis_core.c
@@ -481,7 +481,7 @@ static int tpm_tis_send_main(struct tpm_chip *chip, const u8 *buf, size_t len)
 			goto out_err;
 		}
 	}
-	return len;
+	return 0;
 out_err:
 	tpm_tis_ready(chip);
 	return rc;
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c
index 87a0ce47f2018adc6e0d92e3400f6daed1283e37..ecbb63f8d2318241134b5d515103a4012b5a50ef 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/tpm_vtpm_proxy.c
@@ -335,7 +335,6 @@ static int vtpm_proxy_is_driver_command(struct tpm_chip *chip,
 static int vtpm_proxy_tpm_op_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t count)
 {
 	struct proxy_dev *proxy_dev = dev_get_drvdata(&chip->dev);
-	int rc = 0;
 
 	if (count > sizeof(proxy_dev->buffer)) {
 		dev_err(&chip->dev,
@@ -366,7 +365,7 @@ static int vtpm_proxy_tpm_op_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t count)
 
 	wake_up_interruptible(&proxy_dev->wq);
 
-	return rc;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static void vtpm_proxy_tpm_op_cancel(struct tpm_chip *chip)
diff --git a/drivers/char/tpm/xen-tpmfront.c b/drivers/char/tpm/xen-tpmfront.c
index b150f87f38f513f48c5aca4ffa521cd78b7607e4..5a327eb7f63ac2855b5322d456c21fac1aa8a4dd 100644
--- a/drivers/char/tpm/xen-tpmfront.c
+++ b/drivers/char/tpm/xen-tpmfront.c
@@ -173,7 +173,7 @@ static int vtpm_send(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t count)
 		return -ETIME;
 	}
 
-	return count;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 static int vtpm_recv(struct tpm_chip *chip, u8 *buf, size_t count)