diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
index a8b5533cf601d..3e5cb74c0b538 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
@@ -806,7 +806,7 @@ int svm_update_pi_irte(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int host_irq,
 {
 	struct kvm_kernel_irq_routing_entry *e;
 	struct kvm_irq_routing_table *irq_rt;
-	int idx, ret = -EINVAL;
+	int idx, ret = 0;
 
 	if (!kvm_arch_has_assigned_device(kvm) ||
 	    !irq_remapping_cap(IRQ_POSTING_CAP))
@@ -817,7 +817,13 @@ int svm_update_pi_irte(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int host_irq,
 
 	idx = srcu_read_lock(&kvm->irq_srcu);
 	irq_rt = srcu_dereference(kvm->irq_routing, &kvm->irq_srcu);
-	WARN_ON(guest_irq >= irq_rt->nr_rt_entries);
+
+	if (guest_irq >= irq_rt->nr_rt_entries ||
+		hlist_empty(&irq_rt->map[guest_irq])) {
+		pr_warn_once("no route for guest_irq %u/%u (broken user space?)\n",
+			     guest_irq, irq_rt->nr_rt_entries);
+		goto out;
+	}
 
 	hlist_for_each_entry(e, &irq_rt->map[guest_irq], link) {
 		struct vcpu_data vcpu_info;