diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmio.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmio.c
index 40d6d056e26159800533c6f4a9ad5a5e77524cfb..bf5de05cb7a8562c5a08b6a2d98251c3f39e96c0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/mmio.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/mmio.c
@@ -73,6 +73,31 @@ unsigned long kvm_mmio_read_buf(const void *buf, unsigned int len)
 	return data;
 }
 
+static bool kvm_pending_sync_exception(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	if (!vcpu_get_flag(vcpu, PENDING_EXCEPTION))
+		return false;
+
+	if (vcpu_el1_is_32bit(vcpu)) {
+		switch (vcpu_get_flag(vcpu, EXCEPT_MASK)) {
+		case unpack_vcpu_flag(EXCEPT_AA32_UND):
+		case unpack_vcpu_flag(EXCEPT_AA32_IABT):
+		case unpack_vcpu_flag(EXCEPT_AA32_DABT):
+			return true;
+		default:
+			return false;
+		}
+	} else {
+		switch (vcpu_get_flag(vcpu, EXCEPT_MASK)) {
+		case unpack_vcpu_flag(EXCEPT_AA64_EL1_SYNC):
+		case unpack_vcpu_flag(EXCEPT_AA64_EL2_SYNC):
+			return true;
+		default:
+			return false;
+		}
+	}
+}
+
 /**
  * kvm_handle_mmio_return -- Handle MMIO loads after user space emulation
  *			     or in-kernel IO emulation
@@ -85,8 +110,11 @@ int kvm_handle_mmio_return(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	unsigned int len;
 	int mask;
 
-	/* Detect an already handled MMIO return */
-	if (unlikely(!vcpu->mmio_needed))
+	/*
+	 * Detect if the MMIO return was already handled or if userspace aborted
+	 * the MMIO access.
+	 */
+	if (unlikely(!vcpu->mmio_needed || kvm_pending_sync_exception(vcpu)))
 		return 0;
 
 	vcpu->mmio_needed = 0;