diff --git a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c
index 613024ca8f1f..1c010e691f97 100644
--- a/drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c
+++ b/drivers/iommu/iommufd/eventq.c
@@ -168,6 +168,8 @@ static ssize_t iommufd_fault_fops_read(struct file *filep, char __user *buf,
 			}
 			done += fault_size;
 		}
+		if (rc)
+			break;
 	}
 	mutex_unlock(&fault->mutex);