diff --git a/arch/ia64/kvm/vtlb.c b/arch/ia64/kvm/vtlb.c
index 4332f7ee5203..a7869f8f49a6 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kvm/vtlb.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kvm/vtlb.c
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ u64 guest_vhpt_lookup(u64 iha, u64 *pte)
 			"srlz.d;;"
 			"ssm psr.i;;"
 			"srlz.d;;"
-			: "=r"(ret) : "r"(iha), "r"(pte):"memory");
+			: "=&r"(ret) : "r"(iha), "r"(pte) : "memory");
 
 	return ret;
 }