diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 094b5d96ab14..e8ba99c34180 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -582,8 +582,6 @@ int __kvm_set_xcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 index, u64 xcr)
 	if (index != XCR_XFEATURE_ENABLED_MASK)
 		return 1;
 	xcr0 = xcr;
-	if (kvm_x86_ops->get_cpl(vcpu) != 0)
-		return 1;
 	if (!(xcr0 & XSTATE_FP))
 		return 1;
 	if ((xcr0 & XSTATE_YMM) && !(xcr0 & XSTATE_SSE))
@@ -597,7 +595,8 @@ int __kvm_set_xcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 index, u64 xcr)
 
 int kvm_set_xcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 index, u64 xcr)
 {
-	if (__kvm_set_xcr(vcpu, index, xcr)) {
+	if (kvm_x86_ops->get_cpl(vcpu) != 0 ||
+	    __kvm_set_xcr(vcpu, index, xcr)) {
 		kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
 		return 1;
 	}