diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/mmio.c b/arch/arm/kvm/mmio.c
index 7f33b2056ae6d92f568ad71fbf28cd52044b11fb..0f6600f05137921b61fe5c9a80b87302e7d03234 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/mmio.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/mmio.c
@@ -206,7 +206,8 @@ int io_mem_abort(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run,
 	run->mmio.is_write	= is_write;
 	run->mmio.phys_addr	= fault_ipa;
 	run->mmio.len		= len;
-	memcpy(run->mmio.data, data_buf, len);
+	if (is_write)
+		memcpy(run->mmio.data, data_buf, len);
 
 	if (!ret) {
 		/* We handled the access successfully in the kernel. */