diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
index d10c5c05bdf0..f5d2d27bee05 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86_64/processor.c
@@ -1253,6 +1253,6 @@ uint64_t kvm_hypercall(uint64_t nr, uint64_t a0, uint64_t a1, uint64_t a2,
 
 	asm volatile("vmcall"
 		     : "=a"(r)
-		     : "b"(a0), "c"(a1), "d"(a2), "S"(a3));
+		     : "a"(nr), "b"(a0), "c"(a1), "d"(a2), "S"(a3));
 	return r;
 }