diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c
index 2ea9f1c7ebcd..1d7e5d560af4 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-its.c
@@ -2307,6 +2307,10 @@ static int vgic_its_restore_dte(struct vgic_its *its, u32 id,
 	/* dte entry is valid */
 	offset = (entry & KVM_ITS_DTE_NEXT_MASK) >> KVM_ITS_DTE_NEXT_SHIFT;
 
+	/* Mimic the MAPD behaviour and reject invalid EID bits. */
+	if (num_eventid_bits > VITS_TYPER_IDBITS)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	if (!vgic_its_check_id(its, baser, id, NULL))
 		return -EINVAL;