diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kvm/intc/eiointc.c b/arch/loongarch/kvm/intc/eiointc.c
index d2acb4d09e73..c7badc813923 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kvm/intc/eiointc.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kvm/intc/eiointc.c
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ static inline void eiointc_update_sw_coremap(struct loongarch_eiointc *s,
 
 		if (!(s->status & BIT(EIOINTC_ENABLE_CPU_ENCODE))) {
 			cpuid = ffs(cpuid) - 1;
-			cpuid = (cpuid >= 4) ? 0 : cpuid;
+			cpuid = ((cpuid < 0) || (cpuid >= 4)) ? 0 : cpuid;
 		}
 
 		vcpu = kvm_get_vcpu_by_cpuid(s->kvm, cpuid);