diff --git a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c
index a6a4b2b1c0d901bb6d59497f5595355490d3f74e..6a3470f849989a7bf77ccaff862ad792daa25408 100644
--- a/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c
+++ b/drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdkfd/kfd_events.c
@@ -739,8 +739,10 @@ int kfd_wait_on_events(struct kfd_process *p,
 		struct kfd_event_data event_data;
 
 		if (copy_from_user(&event_data, &events[i],
-				sizeof(struct kfd_event_data)))
+				sizeof(struct kfd_event_data))) {
+			ret = -EFAULT;
 			goto fail;
+		}
 
 		ret = init_event_waiter(p, &event_waiters[i],
 				event_data.event_id, i);