diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 7e654ebd94107..f126c65239b2b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2230,16 +2230,13 @@ static int do_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned index, u64 *data)
 	/*
 	 * Disallow writes to immutable feature MSRs after KVM_RUN.  KVM does
 	 * not support modifying the guest vCPU model on the fly, e.g. changing
-	 * the nVMX capabilities while L2 is running is nonsensical.  Ignore
+	 * the nVMX capabilities while L2 is running is nonsensical.  Allow
 	 * writes of the same value, e.g. to allow userspace to blindly stuff
 	 * all MSRs when emulating RESET.
 	 */
-	if (kvm_vcpu_has_run(vcpu) && kvm_is_immutable_feature_msr(index)) {
-		if (do_get_msr(vcpu, index, &val) || *data != val)
-			return -EINVAL;
-
-		return 0;
-	}
+	if (kvm_vcpu_has_run(vcpu) && kvm_is_immutable_feature_msr(index) &&
+	    (do_get_msr(vcpu, index, &val) || *data != val))
+		return -EINVAL;
 
 	return kvm_set_msr_ignored_check(vcpu, index, *data, true);
 }