diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
index 796a325c7e59..3a3f6d784d79 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/paging_tmpl.h
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ err:
 		walker->error_code |= PFERR_WRITE_MASK;
 	if (user_fault)
 		walker->error_code |= PFERR_USER_MASK;
-	if (fetch_fault)
+	if (fetch_fault && is_nx(vcpu))
 		walker->error_code |= PFERR_FETCH_MASK;
 	if (rsvd_fault)
 		walker->error_code |= PFERR_RSVD_MASK;