diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index e038a331583c7b4a2abf3ff77fde0762ea972240..ef2d53854d158e9541339ba497b31dff504745f9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -4799,8 +4799,10 @@ static int handle_vmread(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 					instr_info, true, len, &gva))
 			return 1;
 		/* _system ok, nested_vmx_check_permission has verified cpl=0 */
-		if (kvm_write_guest_virt_system(vcpu, gva, &value, len, &e))
+		if (kvm_write_guest_virt_system(vcpu, gva, &value, len, &e)) {
 			kvm_inject_page_fault(vcpu, &e);
+			return 1;
+		}
 	}
 
 	return nested_vmx_succeed(vcpu);