diff --git a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr-hvpipe.c b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr-hvpipe.c
index 800649f309a5..c007560d2d8c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr-hvpipe.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/platforms/pseries/papr-hvpipe.c
@@ -206,10 +206,11 @@ static int hvpipe_rtas_recv_msg(char __user *buf, int size)
 					bytes_written, size);
 				bytes_written = size;
 			}
-			ret = copy_to_user(buf,
+			if (copy_to_user(buf,
 					rtas_work_area_raw_buf(work_area),
-					bytes_written);
-			if (!ret)
+					bytes_written))
+				ret = -EFAULT;
+			else
 				ret = bytes_written;
 		}
 	} else {
@@ -328,7 +329,7 @@ static ssize_t papr_hvpipe_handle_read(struct file *file,
 
 	struct hvpipe_source_info *src_info = file->private_data;
 	struct papr_hvpipe_hdr hdr = {};
-	long ret;
+	ssize_t ret = 0;
 
 	/*
 	 * Return -ENXIO during migration
@@ -376,7 +377,7 @@ static ssize_t papr_hvpipe_handle_read(struct file *file,
 
 	ret = copy_to_user(buf, &hdr, HVPIPE_HDR_LEN);
 	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	/*
 	 * Message event has payload, so get the payload with
@@ -385,19 +386,23 @@ static ssize_t papr_hvpipe_handle_read(struct file *file,
 	if (hdr.flags & HVPIPE_MSG_AVAILABLE) {
 		ret = hvpipe_rtas_recv_msg(buf + HVPIPE_HDR_LEN,
 				size - HVPIPE_HDR_LEN);
-		if (ret > 0) {
+		/*
+		 * Always clear MSG_AVAILABLE once the RTAS call has drained
+		 * the message, regardless of whether copy_to_user succeeded.
+		 */
+		if (ret >= 0 || ret == -EFAULT)
 			src_info->hvpipe_status &= ~HVPIPE_MSG_AVAILABLE;
-			ret += HVPIPE_HDR_LEN;
-		}
 	} else if (hdr.flags & HVPIPE_LOST_CONNECTION) {
 		/*
 		 * Hypervisor is closing the pipe for the specific
 		 * source. So notify user space.
 		 */
 		src_info->hvpipe_status &= ~HVPIPE_LOST_CONNECTION;
-		ret = HVPIPE_HDR_LEN;
 	}
 
+	if (ret >= 0)
+		ret += HVPIPE_HDR_LEN;
+
 	return ret;
 }