diff --git a/include/linux/regset.h b/include/linux/regset.h
index 5150fd1..686f373 100644
--- a/include/linux/regset.h
+++ b/include/linux/regset.h
@@ -339,7 +339,7 @@
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_WRITE, data, size))
-		return -EIO;
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	return regset->get(target, regset, offset, size, NULL, data);
 }
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 
 	if (!access_ok(VERIFY_READ, data, size))
-		return -EIO;
+		return -EFAULT;
 
 	return regset->set(target, regset, offset, size, NULL, data);
 }