diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
index 563a9f31b83d3..b509afa054701 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/guest.c
@@ -333,17 +333,17 @@ int kvm_arm_copy_reg_indices(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 __user *uindices)
 	int ret;
 
 	ret = kvm_arm_copy_core_reg_indices(uindices);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 	uindices += ret;
 
 	ret = kvm_arm_copy_fw_reg_indices(vcpu, uindices);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 	uindices += kvm_arm_get_fw_num_regs(vcpu);
 
 	ret = copy_timer_indices(vcpu, uindices);
-	if (ret)
+	if (ret < 0)
 		return ret;
 	uindices += NUM_TIMER_REGS;