diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-irqfd.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-irqfd.c
index d918dcf26a5ab5790b16088d5d87a4107a86baac..f138ed2e9c635b51e1f0094f6f5c3c7706b0a6fd 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-irqfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-irqfd.c
@@ -99,6 +99,9 @@ int kvm_set_msi(struct kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry *e,
 	if (!vgic_has_its(kvm))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
+	if (!level)
+		return -1;
+
 	return vgic_its_inject_msi(kvm, &msi);
 }