diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index c12a75953b5b..fb5d6c2e6a08 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL");
 #define SVM_DEATURE_SVML (1 << 2)
 
 static bool npt_enabled = false;
+static int npt = 1;
+
+module_param(npt, int, S_IRUGO);
 
 static void kvm_reput_irq(struct vcpu_svm *svm);
 
@@ -418,6 +421,11 @@ static __init int svm_hardware_setup(void)
 	if (!svm_has(SVM_FEATURE_NPT))
 		npt_enabled = false;
 
+	if (npt_enabled && !npt) {
+		printk(KERN_INFO "kvm: Nested Paging disabled\n");
+		npt_enabled = false;
+	}
+
 	if (npt_enabled)
 		printk(KERN_INFO "kvm: Nested Paging enabled\n");