diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index e5b0dd24b200a..4e7f3a8da16a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -7319,7 +7319,7 @@ static int emulator_cmpxchg_emulated(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 	}
 
 	if (r < 0)
-		goto emul_write;
+		return X86EMUL_UNHANDLEABLE;
 	if (r)
 		return X86EMUL_CMPXCHG_FAILED;