diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index dbcff38dfcc3..491eda308289 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -155,11 +155,16 @@ void kvm_inject_page_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long addr,
 			   u32 error_code)
 {
 	++vcpu->stat.pf_guest;
-	if (vcpu->arch.exception.pending && vcpu->arch.exception.nr == PF_VECTOR) {
-		printk(KERN_DEBUG "kvm: inject_page_fault:"
-		       " double fault 0x%lx\n", addr);
-		vcpu->arch.exception.nr = DF_VECTOR;
-		vcpu->arch.exception.error_code = 0;
+	if (vcpu->arch.exception.pending) {
+		if (vcpu->arch.exception.nr == PF_VECTOR) {
+			printk(KERN_DEBUG "kvm: inject_page_fault:"
+					" double fault 0x%lx\n", addr);
+			vcpu->arch.exception.nr = DF_VECTOR;
+			vcpu->arch.exception.error_code = 0;
+		} else if (vcpu->arch.exception.nr == DF_VECTOR) {
+			/* triple fault -> shutdown */
+			set_bit(KVM_REQ_TRIPLE_FAULT, &vcpu->requests);
+		}
 		return;
 	}
 	vcpu->arch.cr2 = addr;
@@ -2676,6 +2681,11 @@ again:
 			r = 0;
 			goto out;
 		}
+		if (test_and_clear_bit(KVM_REQ_TRIPLE_FAULT, &vcpu->requests)) {
+			kvm_run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN;
+			r = 0;
+			goto out;
+		}
 	}
 
 	kvm_inject_pending_timer_irqs(vcpu);
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 9750bb3c5a75..958e00371516 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@
 #define KVM_REQ_MIGRATE_TIMER      1
 #define KVM_REQ_REPORT_TPR_ACCESS  2
 #define KVM_REQ_MMU_RELOAD         3
+#define KVM_REQ_TRIPLE_FAULT       4
 
 struct kvm_vcpu;
 extern struct kmem_cache *kvm_vcpu_cache;