diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index 97d42a007b86..824bc7d22e77 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -182,6 +182,9 @@ static int sev_guest_init(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_sev_cmd *argp)
 	bool es_active = argp->id == KVM_SEV_ES_INIT;
 	int asid, ret;
 
+	if (kvm->created_vcpus)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ret = -EBUSY;
 	if (unlikely(sev->active))
 		return ret;