diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index 82055b90a8b3..376ac9a2a2b9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -407,7 +407,7 @@ static inline int __do_cpuid_ent(struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry, u32 function,
 
 	/* cpuid 7.0.edx*/
 	const u32 kvm_cpuid_7_0_edx_x86_features =
-		F(AVX512_4VNNIW) | F(AVX512_4FMAPS) | F(SPEC_CTRL) |
+		F(AVX512_4VNNIW) | F(AVX512_4FMAPS) | F(SPEC_CTRL) | F(RDS) |
 		F(ARCH_CAPABILITIES);
 
 	/* all calls to cpuid_count() should be made on the same cpu */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 3091dc98a451..4197942b6d9b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -3524,7 +3524,8 @@ static int vmx_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 	case MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL:
 		if (!msr_info->host_initiated &&
 		    !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_IBRS) &&
-		    !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL))
+		    !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL) &&
+		    !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_RDS))
 			return 1;
 
 		msr_info->data = to_vmx(vcpu)->spec_ctrl;
@@ -3643,11 +3644,12 @@ static int vmx_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 	case MSR_IA32_SPEC_CTRL:
 		if (!msr_info->host_initiated &&
 		    !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_IBRS) &&
-		    !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL))
+		    !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_SPEC_CTRL) &&
+		    !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_RDS))
 			return 1;
 
 		/* The STIBP bit doesn't fault even if it's not advertised */
-		if (data & ~(SPEC_CTRL_IBRS | SPEC_CTRL_STIBP))
+		if (data & ~(SPEC_CTRL_IBRS | SPEC_CTRL_STIBP | SPEC_CTRL_RDS))
 			return 1;
 
 		vmx->spec_ctrl = data;