diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-its.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-its.txt
index 8d5830eab26a6ba03c310719eb2cc6b76e64fa5a..4f0c9fc403656d2956fc70334d7d2a0151215f92 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-its.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/devices/arm-vgic-its.txt
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ Groups:
     -EINVAL: Inconsistent restored data
     -EFAULT: Invalid guest ram access
     -EBUSY:  One or more VCPUS are running
+    -EACCES: The virtual ITS is backed by a physical GICv4 ITS, and the
+	     state is not available
 
   KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_GRP_ITS_REGS
   Attributes:
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
index bf571f6d2b32d9bd5d28a03cf4c9815cea0a770a..b8c1b724ba3e6160f05b5c6eb2927b0e611dac43 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-its.c
@@ -1995,6 +1995,15 @@ static int vgic_its_save_itt(struct vgic_its *its, struct its_device *device)
 	list_for_each_entry(ite, &device->itt_head, ite_list) {
 		gpa_t gpa = base + ite->event_id * ite_esz;
 
+		/*
+		 * If an LPI carries the HW bit, this means that this
+		 * interrupt is controlled by GICv4, and we do not
+		 * have direct access to that state. Let's simply fail
+		 * the save operation...
+		 */
+		if (ite->irq->hw)
+			return -EACCES;
+
 		ret = vgic_its_save_ite(its, device, ite, gpa, ite_esz);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;