diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/guest.c b/arch/arm/kvm/guest.c
index 5fa69d7bae58a06ef19f7ca72fd04cf6603d6963..99361f11354a0d8928c9aaead7fdf5e09436b3ac 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/guest.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/guest.c
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ static int get_timer_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct kvm_one_reg *reg)
 	u64 val;
 
 	val = kvm_arm_timer_get_reg(vcpu, reg->id);
-	return copy_to_user(uaddr, &val, KVM_REG_SIZE(reg->id));
+	return copy_to_user(uaddr, &val, KVM_REG_SIZE(reg->id)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
 }
 
 static unsigned long num_core_regs(void)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
index fcb778899a3804455f2e9ef5f3fad33456d2d96e..9e54ad7c240ac5d2239ba5140b04c6727b20377e 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
@@ -194,7 +194,7 @@ static int get_timer_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct kvm_one_reg *reg)
 	u64 val;
 
 	val = kvm_arm_timer_get_reg(vcpu, reg->id);
-	return copy_to_user(uaddr, &val, KVM_REG_SIZE(reg->id));
+	return copy_to_user(uaddr, &val, KVM_REG_SIZE(reg->id)) ? -EFAULT : 0;
 }
 
 /**