diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-kvm-device.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-kvm-device.c
index c11962f901e0..2f9e8c611f64 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-kvm-device.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-kvm-device.c
@@ -337,12 +337,12 @@ int kvm_register_vgic_device(unsigned long type)
 int vgic_v2_parse_attr(struct kvm_device *dev, struct kvm_device_attr *attr,
 		       struct vgic_reg_attr *reg_attr)
 {
-	int cpuid;
+	int cpuid = FIELD_GET(KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CPUID_MASK, attr->attr);
 
-	cpuid = FIELD_GET(KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_CPUID_MASK, attr->attr);
-
-	reg_attr->vcpu = kvm_get_vcpu_by_id(dev->kvm, cpuid);
 	reg_attr->addr = attr->attr & KVM_DEV_ARM_VGIC_OFFSET_MASK;
+	reg_attr->vcpu = kvm_get_vcpu_by_id(dev->kvm, cpuid);
+	if (!reg_attr->vcpu)
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return 0;
 }