diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/guest.c b/arch/arm/kvm/guest.c
index 96e935bbc38c..3705fc2921c2 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/guest.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/guest.c
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ 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 d250160d32bc..3039f080e2d5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ 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;
 }
 
 /**