diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 1de2ad7a004d..1ad34d185da9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -428,6 +428,8 @@ out:
 
 void kvm_set_cr0(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr0)
 {
+	cr0 |= X86_CR0_ET;
+
 	if (cr0 & CR0_RESERVED_BITS) {
 		printk(KERN_DEBUG "set_cr0: 0x%lx #GP, reserved bits 0x%lx\n",
 		       cr0, kvm_read_cr0(vcpu));