diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 90ba8de3c9e7..2b6f8a4f2731 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -3017,7 +3017,7 @@ static int kvm_handle_bad_page(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gfn_t gfn, kvm_pfn_t pfn)
 		return RET_PF_RETRY;
 	}
 
-	return -EFAULT;
+	return RET_PF_EMULATE;
 }
 
 static void transparent_hugepage_adjust(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,