diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
index a0d76df470b0..cd9cb874a7ff 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
@@ -100,4 +100,9 @@ static inline bool kvm_vcpu_dabt_iswrite(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & HSR_WNR;
 }
 
+static inline bool kvm_vcpu_dabt_issext(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	return kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & HSR_SSE;
+}
+
 #endif /* __ARM_KVM_EMULATE_H__ */
diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/mmio.c b/arch/arm/kvm/mmio.c
index 7d58cb5b8bde..058029c2d504 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/mmio.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/mmio.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ static int decode_hsr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, phys_addr_t fault_ipa,
 	}
 
 	is_write = kvm_vcpu_dabt_iswrite(vcpu);
-	sign_extend = kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & HSR_SSE;
+	sign_extend = kvm_vcpu_dabt_issext(vcpu);
 	rt = (kvm_vcpu_get_hsr(vcpu) & HSR_SRT_MASK) >> HSR_SRT_SHIFT;
 
 	if (kvm_vcpu_reg_is_pc(vcpu, rt)) {