diff --git a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
index 69c9d6d546b2..46727539d08a 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/guest_memfd.c
@@ -675,6 +675,7 @@ int kvm_gmem_bind(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_memory_slot *slot,
 
 	if (!xa_empty(&f->bindings) &&
 	    xa_find(&f->bindings, &start, end - 1, XA_PRESENT)) {
+		r = -EEXIST;
 		filemap_invalidate_unlock(inode->i_mapping);
 		goto err;
 	}