diff --git a/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_dist.c b/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_dist.c
index 3ea3dd0d40..93fe936862 100644
--- a/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_dist.c
+++ b/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_dist.c
@@ -817,6 +817,13 @@ MemTxResult gicv3_dist_read(void *opaque, hwaddr offset, uint64_t *data,
                       "%s: invalid guest read at offset " TARGET_FMT_plx
                       "size %u\n", __func__, offset, size);
         trace_gicv3_dist_badread(offset, size, attrs.secure);
+        /* The spec requires that reserved registers are RAZ/WI;
+         * so use MEMTX_ERROR returns from leaf functions as a way to
+         * trigger the guest-error logging but don't return it to
+         * the caller, or we'll cause a spurious guest data abort.
+         */
+        r = MEMTX_OK;
+        *data = 0;
     } else {
         trace_gicv3_dist_read(offset, *data, size, attrs.secure);
     }
@@ -852,6 +859,12 @@ MemTxResult gicv3_dist_write(void *opaque, hwaddr offset, uint64_t data,
                       "%s: invalid guest write at offset " TARGET_FMT_plx
                       "size %u\n", __func__, offset, size);
         trace_gicv3_dist_badwrite(offset, data, size, attrs.secure);
+        /* The spec requires that reserved registers are RAZ/WI;
+         * so use MEMTX_ERROR returns from leaf functions as a way to
+         * trigger the guest-error logging but don't return it to
+         * the caller, or we'll cause a spurious guest data abort.
+         */
+        r = MEMTX_OK;
     } else {
         trace_gicv3_dist_write(offset, data, size, attrs.secure);
     }
diff --git a/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_its_common.c b/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_its_common.c
index 2bd2f0f3c9..284c0a7584 100644
--- a/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_its_common.c
+++ b/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_its_common.c
@@ -67,7 +67,8 @@ static MemTxResult gicv3_its_trans_read(void *opaque, hwaddr offset,
                                         MemTxAttrs attrs)
 {
     qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR, "ITS read at offset 0x%"PRIx64"\n", offset);
-    return MEMTX_ERROR;
+    *data = 0;
+    return MEMTX_OK;
 }
 
 static MemTxResult gicv3_its_trans_write(void *opaque, hwaddr offset,
@@ -82,15 +83,12 @@ static MemTxResult gicv3_its_trans_write(void *opaque, hwaddr offset,
         if (ret <= 0) {
             qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
                           "ITS: Error sending MSI: %s\n", strerror(-ret));
-            return MEMTX_DECODE_ERROR;
         }
-
-        return MEMTX_OK;
     } else {
         qemu_log_mask(LOG_GUEST_ERROR,
                       "ITS write at bad offset 0x%"PRIx64"\n", offset);
-        return MEMTX_DECODE_ERROR;
     }
+    return MEMTX_OK;
 }
 
 static const MemoryRegionOps gicv3_its_trans_ops = {
diff --git a/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_redist.c b/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_redist.c
index 77e5cfa327..8a8684d76e 100644
--- a/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_redist.c
+++ b/hw/intc/arm_gicv3_redist.c
@@ -455,6 +455,13 @@ MemTxResult gicv3_redist_read(void *opaque, hwaddr offset, uint64_t *data,
                       "size %u\n", __func__, offset, size);
         trace_gicv3_redist_badread(gicv3_redist_affid(cs), offset,
                                    size, attrs.secure);
+        /* The spec requires that reserved registers are RAZ/WI;
+         * so use MEMTX_ERROR returns from leaf functions as a way to
+         * trigger the guest-error logging but don't return it to
+         * the caller, or we'll cause a spurious guest data abort.
+         */
+        r = MEMTX_OK;
+        *data = 0;
     } else {
         trace_gicv3_redist_read(gicv3_redist_affid(cs), offset, *data,
                                 size, attrs.secure);
@@ -505,6 +512,12 @@ MemTxResult gicv3_redist_write(void *opaque, hwaddr offset, uint64_t data,
                       "size %u\n", __func__, offset, size);
         trace_gicv3_redist_badwrite(gicv3_redist_affid(cs), offset, data,
                                     size, attrs.secure);
+        /* The spec requires that reserved registers are RAZ/WI;
+         * so use MEMTX_ERROR returns from leaf functions as a way to
+         * trigger the guest-error logging but don't return it to
+         * the caller, or we'll cause a spurious guest data abort.
+         */
+        r = MEMTX_OK;
     } else {
         trace_gicv3_redist_write(gicv3_redist_affid(cs), offset, data,
                                  size, attrs.secure);