diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/mmio.c b/virt/kvm/arm/mmio.c
index a8a6a0c883f1ba4585610cad9d1e14bc535d4d33..6af5c91337f251fc4a722afb80f9c60d78a0f65e 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/mmio.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/mmio.c
@@ -86,6 +86,12 @@ int kvm_handle_mmio_return(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *run)
 	unsigned int len;
 	int mask;
 
+	/* Detect an already handled MMIO return */
+	if (unlikely(!vcpu->mmio_needed))
+		return 0;
+
+	vcpu->mmio_needed = 0;
+
 	if (!run->mmio.is_write) {
 		len = run->mmio.len;
 		if (len > sizeof(unsigned long))
@@ -188,6 +194,7 @@ 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;
+	vcpu->mmio_needed	= 1;
 
 	if (!ret) {
 		/* We handled the access successfully in the kernel. */