diff --git a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
index 02ff5372d5fe4..676175bd9a679 100644
--- a/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
+++ b/drivers/vhost/vdpa.c
@@ -428,12 +428,11 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filep,
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
 	u64 __user *featurep = argp;
 	u64 features;
-	long r;
+	long r = 0;
 
 	if (cmd == VHOST_SET_BACKEND_FEATURES) {
-		r = copy_from_user(&features, featurep, sizeof(features));
-		if (r)
-			return r;
+		if (copy_from_user(&features, featurep, sizeof(features)))
+			return -EFAULT;
 		if (features & ~VHOST_VDPA_BACKEND_FEATURES)
 			return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 		vhost_set_backend_features(&v->vdev, features);
@@ -476,7 +475,8 @@ static long vhost_vdpa_unlocked_ioctl(struct file *filep,
 		break;
 	case VHOST_GET_BACKEND_FEATURES:
 		features = VHOST_VDPA_BACKEND_FEATURES;
-		r = copy_to_user(featurep, &features, sizeof(features));
+		if (copy_to_user(featurep, &features, sizeof(features)))
+			r = -EFAULT;
 		break;
 	default:
 		r = vhost_dev_ioctl(&v->vdev, cmd, argp);