diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 6d72d8f433107..17fa4ab1b8344 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1410,6 +1410,9 @@ int kvm_lapic_reg_read(struct kvm_lapic *apic, u32 offset, int len,
 	if (!apic_x2apic_mode(apic))
 		valid_reg_mask |= APIC_REG_MASK(APIC_ARBPRI);
 
+	if (alignment + len > 4)
+		return 1;
+
 	if (offset > 0x3f0 || !(valid_reg_mask & APIC_REG_MASK(offset)))
 		return 1;