diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c b/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c
index 33aefd90d228..20c207d80e31 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c
@@ -1106,7 +1106,8 @@ static int kvm_loongarch_cpucfg_get_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		return -ENXIO;
 	}
 
-	put_user(val, uaddr);
+	if (put_user(val, uaddr))
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	return ret;
 }