diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
index 09c5ca7..943fdd5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr.h
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@
 		     ".previous\n\t"
 		     _ASM_EXTABLE(2b, 3b)
 		     : [err] "=r" (*err), EAX_EDX_RET(val, low, high)
-		     : "c" (msr), [fault] "i" (-EFAULT));
+		     : "c" (msr), [fault] "i" (-EIO));
 	return EAX_EDX_VAL(val, low, high);
 }
 
@@ -90,7 +90,7 @@
 		     _ASM_EXTABLE(2b, 3b)
 		     : [err] "=a" (err)
 		     : "c" (msr), "0" (low), "d" (high),
-		       [fault] "i" (-EFAULT)
+		       [fault] "i" (-EIO)
 		     : "memory");
 	return err;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
index 98fd6cd..2cfbb4b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/msr.c
@@ -80,11 +80,8 @@
 
 	for (; count; count -= 8) {
 		err = rdmsr_safe_on_cpu(cpu, reg, &data[0], &data[1]);
-		if (err) {
-			if (err == -EFAULT) /* Fix idiotic error code */
-				err = -EIO;
+		if (err)
 			break;
-		}
 		if (copy_to_user(tmp, &data, 8)) {
 			err = -EFAULT;
 			break;
@@ -115,11 +112,8 @@
 			break;
 		}
 		err = wrmsr_safe_on_cpu(cpu, reg, data[0], data[1]);
-		if (err) {
-			if (err == -EFAULT) /* Fix idiotic error code */
-				err = -EIO;
+		if (err)
 			break;
-		}
 		tmp += 2;
 		bytes += 8;
 	}
diff --git a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
index 0a1700a..a8432d8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
+++ b/arch/x86/xen/enlighten.c
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@
 	set:
 		base = ((u64)high << 32) | low;
 		if (HYPERVISOR_set_segment_base(which, base) != 0)
-			ret = -EFAULT;
+			ret = -EIO;
 		break;
 #endif