diff --git a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
index 7626b8024471..2843bbba9ca1 100644
--- a/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
+++ b/kernel/bpf/syscall.c
@@ -1485,8 +1485,10 @@ static int map_lookup_and_delete_elem(union bpf_attr *attr)
 	if (err)
 		goto free_value;
 
-	if (copy_to_user(uvalue, value, value_size) != 0)
+	if (copy_to_user(uvalue, value, value_size) != 0) {
+		err = -EFAULT;
 		goto free_value;
+	}
 
 	err = 0;