diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 0db7f5cd9c72..09f47c837c25 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -806,6 +806,8 @@ int kvm_set_cr4(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr4)
 	if (is_long_mode(vcpu)) {
 		if (!(cr4 & X86_CR4_PAE))
 			return 1;
+		if ((cr4 ^ old_cr4) & X86_CR4_LA57)
+			return 1;
 	} else if (is_paging(vcpu) && (cr4 & X86_CR4_PAE)
 		   && ((cr4 ^ old_cr4) & pdptr_bits)
 		   && !load_pdptrs(vcpu, vcpu->arch.walk_mmu,