diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 9f70de2ca0e2..74674a6e4827 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4337,6 +4337,13 @@ static int emulator_write_std(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, gva_t addr, void *v
 	if (!system && kvm_x86_ops->get_cpl(vcpu) == 3)
 		access |= PFERR_USER_MASK;
 
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: this should call handle_emulation_failure if X86EMUL_IO_NEEDED
+	 * is returned, but our callers are not ready for that and they blindly
+	 * call kvm_inject_page_fault.  Ensure that they at least do not leak
+	 * uninitialized kernel stack memory into cr2 and error code.
+	 */
+	memset(exception, 0, sizeof(*exception));
 	return kvm_write_guest_virt_helper(addr, val, bytes, vcpu,
 					   access, exception);
 }