diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c
index 05aa11399a7867c1a4148d0f9eb4bf80bca3ee9d..686147efbac530f9d567e7675ec1dd98678feaf4 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_xics.c
@@ -1252,6 +1252,8 @@ int kvm_set_irq(struct kvm *kvm, int irq_source_id, u32 irq, int level,
 {
 	struct kvmppc_xics *xics = kvm->arch.xics;
 
+	if (!xics)
+		return -ENODEV;
 	return ics_deliver_irq(xics, irq, level);
 }