diff --git a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
index f534e0f6bb0d..f6471c882667 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
@@ -941,7 +941,7 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 {
 	struct kvm *kvm = filp->private_data;
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
-	int r = -EINVAL;
+	int r = -ENOTTY;
 
 	switch (ioctl) {
 	case KVM_SET_MEMORY_REGION: {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index 2a4551f78f60..95af62217b6b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 
 	switch (ioctl) {
 	default:
-		r = -EINVAL;
+		r = -ENOTTY;
 	}
 
 	return r;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 07ced89740d7..00e2ce8e91f5 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 		break;
 	}
 	default:
-		r = -EINVAL;
+		r = -ENOTTY;
 	}
 
 	return r;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 5beb4c16caab..829e3063e2ab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2176,7 +2176,7 @@ long kvm_arch_vm_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 {
 	struct kvm *kvm = filp->private_data;
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
-	int r = -EINVAL;
+	int r = -ENOTTY;
 	/*
 	 * This union makes it completely explicit to gcc-3.x
 	 * that these two variables' stack usage should be