diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 50eb430b0ad8..634c2598e389 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 	u64 smbase;
 	u64 smi_count;
 	bool tpr_access_reporting;
+	bool xsaves_enabled;
 	u64 ia32_xss;
 	u64 microcode_version;
 	u64 arch_capabilities;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index f8ecb6df5106..da69e95beb4d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -5628,7 +5628,7 @@ static void svm_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	svm->vmcb->save.cr2 = vcpu->arch.cr2;
 
 	clgi();
-	kvm_load_guest_xcr0(vcpu);
+	kvm_load_guest_xsave_controls(vcpu);
 
 	if (lapic_in_kernel(vcpu) &&
 		vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.timer_advance_ns)
@@ -5778,7 +5778,7 @@ static void svm_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (unlikely(svm->vmcb->control.exit_code == SVM_EXIT_NMI))
 		kvm_before_interrupt(&svm->vcpu);
 
-	kvm_put_guest_xcr0(vcpu);
+	kvm_load_host_xsave_controls(vcpu);
 	stgi();
 
 	/* Any pending NMI will happen here */
@@ -5887,6 +5887,9 @@ static void svm_cpuid_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
 
+	vcpu->arch.xsaves_enabled = guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVE) &&
+				    boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES);
+
 	/* Update nrips enabled cache */
 	svm->nrips_enabled = !!guest_cpuid_has(&svm->vcpu, X86_FEATURE_NRIPS);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 409e9a7323f1..ce3020914c69 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -106,8 +106,6 @@ module_param(enable_apicv, bool, S_IRUGO);
 static bool __read_mostly nested = 1;
 module_param(nested, bool, S_IRUGO);
 
-static u64 __read_mostly host_xss;
-
 bool __read_mostly enable_pml = 1;
 module_param_named(pml, enable_pml, bool, S_IRUGO);
 
@@ -2074,11 +2072,6 @@ static int vmx_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 		if (data != 0)
 			return 1;
 		vcpu->arch.ia32_xss = data;
-		if (vcpu->arch.ia32_xss != host_xss)
-			add_atomic_switch_msr(vmx, MSR_IA32_XSS,
-				vcpu->arch.ia32_xss, host_xss, false);
-		else
-			clear_atomic_switch_msr(vmx, MSR_IA32_XSS);
 		break;
 	case MSR_IA32_RTIT_CTL:
 		if ((pt_mode != PT_MODE_HOST_GUEST) ||
@@ -4038,6 +4031,8 @@ static void vmx_compute_secondary_exec_control(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
 			guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVE) &&
 			guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_XSAVES);
 
+		vcpu->arch.xsaves_enabled = xsaves_enabled;
+
 		if (!xsaves_enabled)
 			exec_control &= ~SECONDARY_EXEC_XSAVES;
 
@@ -6540,7 +6535,7 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (vcpu->guest_debug & KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP)
 		vmx_set_interrupt_shadow(vcpu, 0);
 
-	kvm_load_guest_xcr0(vcpu);
+	kvm_load_guest_xsave_controls(vcpu);
 
 	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PKU) &&
 	    kvm_read_cr4_bits(vcpu, X86_CR4_PKE) &&
@@ -6647,7 +6642,7 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 			__write_pkru(vmx->host_pkru);
 	}
 
-	kvm_put_guest_xcr0(vcpu);
+	kvm_load_host_xsave_controls(vcpu);
 
 	vmx->nested.nested_run_pending = 0;
 	vmx->idt_vectoring_info = 0;
@@ -7091,6 +7086,12 @@ static void vmx_cpuid_update(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
 
+	/*
+	 * This will be set back to true in vmx_compute_secondary_exec_control()
+	 * if it should be true, so setting it to false here is okay.
+	 */
+	vcpu->arch.xsaves_enabled = false;
+
 	if (cpu_has_secondary_exec_ctrls()) {
 		vmx_compute_secondary_exec_control(vmx);
 		vmcs_set_secondary_exec_control(vmx);
@@ -7599,9 +7600,6 @@ static __init int hardware_setup(void)
 		WARN_ONCE(host_bndcfgs, "KVM: BNDCFGS in host will be lost");
 	}
 
-	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES))
-		rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_XSS, host_xss);
-
 	if (!cpu_has_vmx_vpid() || !cpu_has_vmx_invvpid() ||
 	    !(cpu_has_vmx_invvpid_single() || cpu_has_vmx_invvpid_global()))
 		enable_vpid = 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 661e2bf38526..a61570d7034b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -176,6 +176,8 @@ struct kvm_shared_msrs {
 static struct kvm_shared_msrs_global __read_mostly shared_msrs_global;
 static struct kvm_shared_msrs __percpu *shared_msrs;
 
+static u64 __read_mostly host_xss;
+
 struct kvm_stats_debugfs_item debugfs_entries[] = {
 	{ "pf_fixed", VCPU_STAT(pf_fixed) },
 	{ "pf_guest", VCPU_STAT(pf_guest) },
@@ -812,27 +814,37 @@ void kvm_lmsw(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long msw)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_lmsw);
 
-void kvm_load_guest_xcr0(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+void kvm_load_guest_xsave_controls(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	if (kvm_read_cr4_bits(vcpu, X86_CR4_OSXSAVE) &&
 			!vcpu->guest_xcr0_loaded) {
 		/* kvm_set_xcr() also depends on this */
 		if (vcpu->arch.xcr0 != host_xcr0)
 			xsetbv(XCR_XFEATURE_ENABLED_MASK, vcpu->arch.xcr0);
+
+		if (vcpu->arch.xsaves_enabled &&
+		    vcpu->arch.ia32_xss != host_xss)
+			wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_XSS, vcpu->arch.ia32_xss);
+
 		vcpu->guest_xcr0_loaded = 1;
 	}
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_load_guest_xcr0);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_load_guest_xsave_controls);
 
-void kvm_put_guest_xcr0(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+void kvm_load_host_xsave_controls(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	if (vcpu->guest_xcr0_loaded) {
 		if (vcpu->arch.xcr0 != host_xcr0)
 			xsetbv(XCR_XFEATURE_ENABLED_MASK, host_xcr0);
+
+		if (vcpu->arch.xsaves_enabled &&
+		    vcpu->arch.ia32_xss != host_xss)
+			wrmsrl(MSR_IA32_XSS, host_xss);
+
 		vcpu->guest_xcr0_loaded = 0;
 	}
 }
-EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_put_guest_xcr0);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_load_host_xsave_controls);
 
 static int __kvm_set_xcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 index, u64 xcr)
 {
@@ -9293,6 +9305,9 @@ int kvm_arch_hardware_setup(void)
 		kvm_default_tsc_scaling_ratio = 1ULL << kvm_tsc_scaling_ratio_frac_bits;
 	}
 
+	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES))
+		rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_XSS, host_xss);
+
 	kvm_init_msr_list();
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
index dbf7442a822b..0d04e865665b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
@@ -366,7 +366,7 @@ static inline bool kvm_pat_valid(u64 data)
 	return (data | ((data & 0x0202020202020202ull) << 1)) == data;
 }
 
-void kvm_load_guest_xcr0(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
-void kvm_put_guest_xcr0(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+void kvm_load_guest_xsave_controls(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+void kvm_load_host_xsave_controls(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
 #endif
