diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index a9dd682..1cf9ccb 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3091,7 +3091,7 @@
 
 static int kvm_init_debug(void)
 {
-	int r = -EFAULT;
+	int r = -EEXIST;
 	struct kvm_stats_debugfs_item *p;
 
 	kvm_debugfs_dir = debugfs_create_dir("kvm", NULL);