diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 1a1c9c9f3a31..0b52de3afcdd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -2953,6 +2953,7 @@ static int em_sysexit(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 	ops->set_segment(ctxt, ss_sel, &ss, 0, VCPU_SREG_SS);
 
 	ctxt->_eip = rdx;
+	ctxt->mode = usermode;
 	*reg_write(ctxt, VCPU_REGS_RSP) = rcx;
 
 	return X86EMUL_CONTINUE;