diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 5ca8782edb96..ca69ae7f86d7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -1313,6 +1313,9 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 	case KVM_GET_VCPU_EVENTS: {
 		struct kvm_vcpu_events events;
 
+		if (!kvm_vcpu_initialized(vcpu))
+			return -ENOEXEC;
+
 		if (kvm_arm_vcpu_get_events(vcpu, &events))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -1324,6 +1327,9 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 	case KVM_SET_VCPU_EVENTS: {
 		struct kvm_vcpu_events events;
 
+		if (!kvm_vcpu_initialized(vcpu))
+			return -ENOEXEC;
+
 		if (copy_from_user(&events, argp, sizeof(events)))
 			return -EFAULT;