diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/mutex.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/mutex.cpp
index 36bf0b677a..51f4544be8 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/mutex.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/mutex.cpp
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ ResultCode Mutex::TryAcquire(HandleTable& handle_table, VAddr address, Handle ho
                              Handle requesting_thread_handle) {
     // The mutex address must be 4-byte aligned
     if ((address % sizeof(u32)) != 0) {
-        return ResultCode(ErrorModule::Kernel, ErrCodes::InvalidAddress);
+        return ERR_INVALID_ADDRESS;
     }
 
     SharedPtr<Thread> holding_thread = handle_table.Get<Thread>(holding_thread_handle);
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ ResultCode Mutex::TryAcquire(HandleTable& handle_table, VAddr address, Handle ho
 ResultCode Mutex::Release(VAddr address) {
     // The mutex address must be 4-byte aligned
     if ((address % sizeof(u32)) != 0) {
-        return ResultCode(ErrorModule::Kernel, ErrCodes::InvalidAddress);
+        return ERR_INVALID_ADDRESS;
     }
 
     auto [thread, num_waiters] = GetHighestPriorityMutexWaitingThread(GetCurrentThread(), address);
diff --git a/src/core/hle/kernel/svc.cpp b/src/core/hle/kernel/svc.cpp
index c5c1697ee5..371fc439ec 100644
--- a/src/core/hle/kernel/svc.cpp
+++ b/src/core/hle/kernel/svc.cpp
@@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ static ResultCode ArbitrateLock(Handle holding_thread_handle, VAddr mutex_addr,
               "requesting_current_thread_handle=0x{:08X}",
               holding_thread_handle, mutex_addr, requesting_thread_handle);
 
+    if (Memory::IsKernelVirtualAddress(mutex_addr)) {
+        return ERR_INVALID_ADDRESS_STATE;
+    }
+
     auto& handle_table = Core::System::GetInstance().Kernel().HandleTable();
     return Mutex::TryAcquire(handle_table, mutex_addr, holding_thread_handle,
                              requesting_thread_handle);
@@ -289,6 +293,10 @@ static ResultCode ArbitrateLock(Handle holding_thread_handle, VAddr mutex_addr,
 static ResultCode ArbitrateUnlock(VAddr mutex_addr) {
     LOG_TRACE(Kernel_SVC, "called mutex_addr=0x{:X}", mutex_addr);
 
+    if (Memory::IsKernelVirtualAddress(mutex_addr)) {
+        return ERR_INVALID_ADDRESS_STATE;
+    }
+
     return Mutex::Release(mutex_addr);
 }