diff --git a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
index f130c01422cf..bb56ae3f89b6 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -523,6 +523,8 @@ static unsigned long vmx_get_rflags(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 static void vmx_set_rflags(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long rflags)
 {
+	if (vcpu->rmode.active)
+		rflags |= IOPL_MASK | X86_EFLAGS_VM;
 	vmcs_writel(GUEST_RFLAGS, rflags);
 }