diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 7b58e445a967..e45259177009 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -3236,12 +3236,14 @@ static void dump_vmcb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	       "excp_to:", save->last_excp_to);
 }
 
+static bool svm_check_exit_valid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 exit_code)
+{
+	return (exit_code < ARRAY_SIZE(svm_exit_handlers) &&
+		svm_exit_handlers[exit_code]);
+}
+
 static int svm_handle_invalid_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 exit_code)
 {
-	if (exit_code < ARRAY_SIZE(svm_exit_handlers) &&
-	    svm_exit_handlers[exit_code])
-		return 0;
-
 	vcpu_unimpl(vcpu, "svm: unexpected exit reason 0x%llx\n", exit_code);
 	dump_vmcb(vcpu);
 	vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR;
@@ -3249,14 +3251,13 @@ static int svm_handle_invalid_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 exit_code)
 	vcpu->run->internal.ndata = 2;
 	vcpu->run->internal.data[0] = exit_code;
 	vcpu->run->internal.data[1] = vcpu->arch.last_vmentry_cpu;
-
-	return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
 }
 
 int svm_invoke_exit_handler(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 exit_code)
 {
-	if (svm_handle_invalid_exit(vcpu, exit_code))
-		return 0;
+	if (!svm_check_exit_valid(vcpu, exit_code))
+		return svm_handle_invalid_exit(vcpu, exit_code);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
 	if (exit_code == SVM_EXIT_MSR)