diff --git a/fs/resctrl/monitor.c b/fs/resctrl/monitor.c
index 29b13a690cf3..7f3fe055f7c9 100644
--- a/fs/resctrl/monitor.c
+++ b/fs/resctrl/monitor.c
@@ -458,8 +458,10 @@ static int __l3_mon_event_count(struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp, struct rmid_read *rr)
 	}
 
 	/* Reading a single domain, must be on a CPU in that domain. */
-	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &d->hdr.cpu_mask))
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &d->hdr.cpu_mask)) {
+		rr->err = -EIO;
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 	if (rr->is_mbm_cntr)
 		rr->err = resctrl_arch_cntr_read(rr->r, d, closid, rmid, cntr_id,
 						 rr->evt->evtid, &tval);
@@ -496,8 +498,10 @@ static int __l3_mon_event_count_sum(struct rdtgroup *rdtgrp, struct rmid_read *r
 	}
 
 	/* Summing domains that share a cache, must be on a CPU for that cache. */
-	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &rr->ci->shared_cpu_map))
+	if (!cpumask_test_cpu(cpu, &rr->ci->shared_cpu_map)) {
+		rr->err = -EIO;
 		return -EINVAL;
+	}
 
 	/*
 	 * Legacy files must report the sum of an event across all