diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 0db1ca0ba5df..68c0a1a374cf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -5462,7 +5462,8 @@ int kvm_mmu_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa, u64 error_code,
 	if (r == RET_PF_INVALID) {
 		r = kvm_mmu_do_page_fault(vcpu, cr2_or_gpa,
 					  lower_32_bits(error_code), false);
-		WARN_ON(r == RET_PF_INVALID);
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(r == RET_PF_INVALID))
+			return -EIO;
 	}
 
 	if (r == RET_PF_RETRY)