diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/guest.c b/arch/arm/kvm/guest.c
index 813e492586909e006ccdcb1f3dc752729cc322ef..cc0b78769bd8ab40e5237b88aaedb14068f767e0 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/guest.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/guest.c
@@ -163,7 +163,7 @@ static int set_timer_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct kvm_one_reg *reg)
 
 	ret = copy_from_user(&val, uaddr, KVM_REG_SIZE(reg->id));
 	if (ret != 0)
-		return ret;
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	return kvm_arm_timer_set_reg(vcpu, reg->id, val);
 }
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
index 8d1ec2887a266b3addf62ae63adea8729a057ae7..76794692c20b9463717430f01b66b2e73f36bc23 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
@@ -174,7 +174,7 @@ static int set_timer_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct kvm_one_reg *reg)
 
 	ret = copy_from_user(&val, uaddr, KVM_REG_SIZE(reg->id));
 	if (ret != 0)
-		return ret;
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	return kvm_arm_timer_set_reg(vcpu, reg->id, val);
 }