diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index c579cda1721e..809d1b031fd9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -8014,8 +8014,10 @@ static int handle_vmread(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		/* _system ok, nested_vmx_check_permission has verified cpl=0 */
 		if (kvm_write_guest_virt_system(vcpu, gva, &field_value,
 						(is_long_mode(vcpu) ? 8 : 4),
-						&e))
+						&e)) {
 			kvm_inject_page_fault(vcpu, &e);
+			return 1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	nested_vmx_succeed(vcpu);