diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
index 9895a9a41380fe8d92666f5e1a06738ce9cbd809..211bce445522d541cc1bcc05e44e401b376f8093 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kprobes/core.c
@@ -365,10 +365,14 @@ int __kprobes __copy_instruction(u8 *dest, u8 *src)
 	return insn.length;
 }
 
-static void __kprobes arch_copy_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
+static int __kprobes arch_copy_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 {
+	int ret;
+
 	/* Copy an instruction with recovering if other optprobe modifies it.*/
-	__copy_instruction(p->ainsn.insn, p->addr);
+	ret = __copy_instruction(p->ainsn.insn, p->addr);
+	if (!ret)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	/*
 	 * __copy_instruction can modify the displacement of the instruction,
@@ -384,6 +388,8 @@ static void __kprobes arch_copy_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 
 	/* Also, displacement change doesn't affect the first byte */
 	p->opcode = p->ainsn.insn[0];
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
@@ -397,8 +403,8 @@ int __kprobes arch_prepare_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)
 	p->ainsn.insn = get_insn_slot();
 	if (!p->ainsn.insn)
 		return -ENOMEM;
-	arch_copy_kprobe(p);
-	return 0;
+
+	return arch_copy_kprobe(p);
 }
 
 void __kprobes arch_arm_kprobe(struct kprobe *p)