diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index d7439ceb2ac2..8af463b91526 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -878,9 +878,12 @@ set:
 
 static void svm_set_cr4(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr4)
 {
+	unsigned long host_cr4_mce = read_cr4() & X86_CR4_MCE;
+
 	vcpu->arch.cr4 = cr4;
 	if (!npt_enabled)
 		cr4 |= X86_CR4_PAE;
+	cr4 |= host_cr4_mce;
 	to_svm(vcpu)->vmcb->save.cr4 = cr4;
 }