diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/dat.c b/arch/s390/kvm/dat.c
index 4a41c0247ffa..cffac7782c4b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/dat.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/dat.c
@@ -1209,7 +1209,7 @@ int dat_peek_cmma(gfn_t start, union asce asce, unsigned int *count, u8 *values)
 	int rc;
 
 	rc = _dat_walk_gfn_range(start, start + *count, asce, &ops, DAT_WALK_DEFAULT, &state);
-	*count = state.end - start;
+	*count = state.end >= start ? state.end - start : 0;
 	/* Return success if at least one value was saved, otherwise an error. */
 	return (rc == -EFAULT && *count > 0) ? 0 : rc;
 }