diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 8eb0c1123183..c6556599376e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -883,7 +883,7 @@ int nested_svm_vmrun(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (!nested_vmcb_check_save(vcpu) ||
 	    !nested_vmcb_check_controls(vcpu)) {
 		vmcb12->control.exit_code    = SVM_EXIT_ERR;
-		vmcb12->control.exit_code_hi = 0;
+		vmcb12->control.exit_code_hi = -1u;
 		vmcb12->control.exit_info_1  = 0;
 		vmcb12->control.exit_info_2  = 0;
 		goto out;
@@ -916,7 +916,7 @@ out_exit_err:
 	svm->soft_int_injected = false;
 
 	svm->vmcb->control.exit_code    = SVM_EXIT_ERR;
-	svm->vmcb->control.exit_code_hi = 0;
+	svm->vmcb->control.exit_code_hi = -1u;
 	svm->vmcb->control.exit_info_1  = 0;
 	svm->vmcb->control.exit_info_2  = 0;