diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 5f85f17ffb75..40b1e7ec2399 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -1107,31 +1107,42 @@ static int do_get_msr_feature(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned index, u64 *data)
 	return 0;
 }
 
+static bool __kvm_valid_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer)
+{
+	if (efer & EFER_FFXSR && !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_FXSR_OPT))
+		return false;
+
+	if (efer & EFER_SVME && !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SVM))
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+
+}
 bool kvm_valid_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer)
 {
 	if (efer & efer_reserved_bits)
 		return false;
 
-	if (efer & EFER_FFXSR && !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_FXSR_OPT))
-			return false;
-
-	if (efer & EFER_SVME && !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SVM))
-			return false;
-
-	return true;
+	return __kvm_valid_efer(vcpu, efer);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_valid_efer);
 
-static int set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer)
+static int set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 {
 	u64 old_efer = vcpu->arch.efer;
+	u64 efer = msr_info->data;
 
-	if (!kvm_valid_efer(vcpu, efer))
-		return 1;
+	if (efer & efer_reserved_bits)
+		return false;
 
-	if (is_paging(vcpu)
-	    && (vcpu->arch.efer & EFER_LME) != (efer & EFER_LME))
-		return 1;
+	if (!msr_info->host_initiated) {
+		if (!__kvm_valid_efer(vcpu, efer))
+			return 1;
+
+		if (is_paging(vcpu) &&
+		    (vcpu->arch.efer & EFER_LME) != (efer & EFER_LME))
+			return 1;
+	}
 
 	efer &= ~EFER_LMA;
 	efer |= vcpu->arch.efer & EFER_LMA;
@@ -2240,7 +2251,7 @@ int kvm_set_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 		vcpu->arch.arch_capabilities = data;
 		break;
 	case MSR_EFER:
-		return set_efer(vcpu, data);
+		return set_efer(vcpu, msr_info);
 	case MSR_K7_HWCR:
 		data &= ~(u64)0x40;	/* ignore flush filter disable */
 		data &= ~(u64)0x100;	/* ignore ignne emulation enable */