diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
index 03affc7bf45324..b8d57e86cfdc3e 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
@@ -1809,7 +1809,7 @@ static int vgic_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 
 	nr_cpus = dist->nr_cpus = atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus);
 	if (!nr_cpus)		/* No vcpus? Can't be good... */
-		return -EINVAL;
+		return -ENODEV;
 
 	/*
 	 * If nobody configured the number of interrupts, use the