diff --git a/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c b/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
index 5f18d0b879e0..ab042291fbfd 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kernel/signal.c
@@ -195,6 +195,9 @@ static int restore_msa_extcontext(void __user *buf, unsigned int size)
 	unsigned int csr;
 	int i, err;
 
+	if (!config_enabled(CONFIG_CPU_HAS_MSA))
+		return SIGSYS;
+
 	if (size != sizeof(*msa))
 		return -EINVAL;
 
@@ -398,8 +401,8 @@ int protected_restore_fp_context(void __user *sc)
 	}
 
 fp_done:
-	if (used & USED_EXTCONTEXT)
-		err |= restore_extcontext(sc_to_extcontext(sc));
+	if (!err && (used & USED_EXTCONTEXT))
+		err = restore_extcontext(sc_to_extcontext(sc));
 
 	return err ?: sig;
 }