diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
index ae9119e53bfcc072fb341cbe04fefd592d88a698..a0d76df470b0c747fe1c13ae5e5e871e4914e3e5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
@@ -95,4 +95,9 @@ static inline bool kvm_vcpu_dabt_isvalid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & HSR_ISV;
 }
 
+static inline bool kvm_vcpu_dabt_iswrite(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	return kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & HSR_WNR;
+}
+
 #endif /* __ARM_KVM_EMULATE_H__ */
diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/mmio.c b/arch/arm/kvm/mmio.c
index 41f96e9e2e950108c4e7edbcc5ba5096e803a87e..7d58cb5b8bde41ceae5e8f7655b7319720e49ab4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/mmio.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/mmio.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ static int decode_hsr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
 		return -EFAULT;
 	}
 
-	is_write = kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & HSR_WNR;
+	is_write = kvm_vcpu_dabt_iswrite(vcpu);
 	sign_extend = kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & HSR_SSE;
 	rt = (kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & HSR_SRT_MASK) >> HSR_SRT_SHIFT;