diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index a547b0052396a9d4bef9183645c54257a3e05e51..43173382f02f6e1842a8b65cde1a25b3883eac07 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ static int kvm_msr_ignored_check(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr,
 	} else {
 		vcpu_debug_ratelimited(vcpu, "unhandled %s: 0x%x data 0x%llx\n",
 				       op, msr, data);
-		return 1;
+		return -ENOENT;
 	}
 }