diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 4c9c9592a4374..3010284dc59b4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -1077,10 +1077,15 @@ int kvm_set_cr3(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr3)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
-	if (is_long_mode(vcpu) && kvm_vcpu_is_illegal_gpa(vcpu, cr3))
+	/*
+	 * Do not condition the GPA check on long mode, this helper is used to
+	 * stuff CR3, e.g. for RSM emulation, and there is no guarantee that
+	 * the current vCPU mode is accurate.
+	 */
+	if (kvm_vcpu_is_illegal_gpa(vcpu, cr3))
 		return 1;
-	else if (is_pae_paging(vcpu) &&
-		 !load_pdptrs(vcpu, vcpu->arch.walk_mmu, cr3))
+
+	if (is_pae_paging(vcpu) && !load_pdptrs(vcpu, vcpu->arch.walk_mmu, cr3))
 		return 1;
 
 	kvm_mmu_new_pgd(vcpu, cr3, skip_tlb_flush, skip_tlb_flush);