diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index bd3407a7a9ee..ee7ae9e937b2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -9683,6 +9683,11 @@ static void prepare_vmcs02(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vmcs12 *vmcs12)
 		vmcs_write64(VIRTUAL_APIC_PAGE_ADDR,
 				page_to_phys(vmx->nested.virtual_apic_page));
 		vmcs_write32(TPR_THRESHOLD, vmcs12->tpr_threshold);
+	} else {
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+		exec_control |= CPU_BASED_CR8_LOAD_EXITING |
+				CPU_BASED_CR8_STORE_EXITING;
+#endif
 	}
 
 	if (cpu_has_vmx_msr_bitmap() &&