diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 427fd3200dd8c..3f89f6783aa57 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -899,8 +899,16 @@ static inline short vmcs_field_to_offset(unsigned long field)
 {
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(ARRAY_SIZE(vmcs_field_to_offset_table) > SHRT_MAX);
 
-	if (field >= ARRAY_SIZE(vmcs_field_to_offset_table) ||
-	    vmcs_field_to_offset_table[field] == 0)
+	if (field >= ARRAY_SIZE(vmcs_field_to_offset_table))
+		return -ENOENT;
+
+	/*
+	 * FIXME: Mitigation for CVE-2017-5753.  To be replaced with a
+	 * generic mechanism.
+	 */
+	asm("lfence");
+
+	if (vmcs_field_to_offset_table[field] == 0)
 		return -ENOENT;
 
 	return vmcs_field_to_offset_table[field];