void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
        u64 __user *featurep = argp;
        u64 features;
-       long r;
+       long r = 0;
 
        if (cmd == VHOST_SET_BACKEND_FEATURES) {
-               r = copy_from_user(&features, featurep, sizeof(features));
-               if (r)
-                       return r;
+               if (copy_from_user(&features, featurep, sizeof(features)))
+                       return -EFAULT;
                if (features & ~VHOST_VDPA_BACKEND_FEATURES)
                        return -EOPNOTSUPP;
                vhost_set_backend_features(&v->vdev, features);
                break;
        case VHOST_GET_BACKEND_FEATURES:
                features = VHOST_VDPA_BACKEND_FEATURES;
-               r = copy_to_user(featurep, &features, sizeof(features));
+               if (copy_to_user(featurep, &features, sizeof(features)))
+                       r = -EFAULT;
                break;
        case VHOST_VDPA_GET_IOVA_RANGE:
                r = vhost_vdpa_get_iova_range(v, argp);