diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index a60d8aafe421..4e5a8e30cc4e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -7590,7 +7590,7 @@ static int handle_vmon(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	/* CPL=0 must be checked manually. */
 	if (vmx_get_cpl(vcpu)) {
-		kvm_queue_exception(vcpu, UD_VECTOR);
+		kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
 		return 1;
 	}
 
@@ -7654,7 +7654,7 @@ static int handle_vmon(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 static int nested_vmx_check_permission(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	if (vmx_get_cpl(vcpu)) {
-		kvm_queue_exception(vcpu, UD_VECTOR);
+		kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
 		return 0;
 	}