diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 791c018a0034..29fd8af5c347 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -2327,6 +2327,11 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	__vmx_load_host_state(to_vmx(vcpu));
 }
 
+static bool emulation_required(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	return emulate_invalid_guest_state && !guest_state_valid(vcpu);
+}
+
 static void vmx_decache_cr0_guest_bits(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
 /*
@@ -2364,6 +2369,8 @@ static unsigned long vmx_get_rflags(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 static void vmx_set_rflags(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long rflags)
 {
+	unsigned long old_rflags = vmx_get_rflags(vcpu);
+
 	__set_bit(VCPU_EXREG_RFLAGS, (ulong *)&vcpu->arch.regs_avail);
 	to_vmx(vcpu)->rflags = rflags;
 	if (to_vmx(vcpu)->rmode.vm86_active) {
@@ -2371,6 +2378,9 @@ static void vmx_set_rflags(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long rflags)
 		rflags |= X86_EFLAGS_IOPL | X86_EFLAGS_VM;
 	}
 	vmcs_writel(GUEST_RFLAGS, rflags);
+
+	if ((old_rflags ^ to_vmx(vcpu)->rflags) & X86_EFLAGS_VM)
+		to_vmx(vcpu)->emulation_required = emulation_required(vcpu);
 }
 
 static u32 vmx_get_pkru(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -3858,11 +3868,6 @@ static __init int alloc_kvm_area(void)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-static bool emulation_required(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	return emulate_invalid_guest_state && !guest_state_valid(vcpu);
-}
-
 static void fix_pmode_seg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int seg,
 		struct kvm_segment *save)
 {