diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index beea99c8e8e0..77f1eeefcd34 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -1873,15 +1873,17 @@ void svm_set_cr0(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr0)
 	bool old_paging = is_paging(vcpu);
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
-	if (vcpu->arch.efer & EFER_LME && !vcpu->arch.guest_state_protected) {
+	if (vcpu->arch.efer & EFER_LME) {
 		if (!is_paging(vcpu) && (cr0 & X86_CR0_PG)) {
 			vcpu->arch.efer |= EFER_LMA;
-			svm->vmcb->save.efer |= EFER_LMA | EFER_LME;
+			if (!vcpu->arch.guest_state_protected)
+				svm->vmcb->save.efer |= EFER_LMA | EFER_LME;
 		}
 
 		if (is_paging(vcpu) && !(cr0 & X86_CR0_PG)) {
 			vcpu->arch.efer &= ~EFER_LMA;
-			svm->vmcb->save.efer &= ~(EFER_LMA | EFER_LME);
+			if (!vcpu->arch.guest_state_protected)
+				svm->vmcb->save.efer &= ~(EFER_LMA | EFER_LME);
 		}
 	}
 #endif