diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/compat_signal.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/compat_signal.c
index 6ec4e34255a9..cf3eb33a11e4 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/compat_signal.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/compat_signal.c
@@ -107,6 +107,8 @@ static long compat_restore_sigcontext(struct pt_regs *regs,
 
 	/* sc_regs is structured the same as the start of pt_regs */
 	err = __copy_from_user(&cregs, &sc->sc_regs, sizeof(sc->sc_regs));
+	if (unlikely(err))
+		return err;
 
 	cregs_to_regs(&cregs, regs);
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c b/arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c
index 93de2e7a3074..793bcee46182 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/ptrace.c
@@ -577,8 +577,8 @@ static int compat_riscv_gpr_set(struct task_struct *target,
 	struct compat_user_regs_struct cregs;
 
 	ret = user_regset_copyin(&pos, &count, &kbuf, &ubuf, &cregs, 0, -1);
-
-	cregs_to_regs(&cregs, task_pt_regs(target));
+	if (!ret)
+		cregs_to_regs(&cregs, task_pt_regs(target));
 
 	return ret;
 }