diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 1b8c6faa598a6..35f8884817fab 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -744,6 +744,20 @@ static int segmented_read_std(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 	return ctxt->ops->read_std(ctxt, linear, data, size, &ctxt->exception);
 }
 
+static int segmented_write_std(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
+			       struct segmented_address addr,
+			       void *data,
+			       unsigned int size)
+{
+	int rc;
+	ulong linear;
+
+	rc = linearize(ctxt, addr, size, true, &linear);
+	if (rc != X86EMUL_CONTINUE)
+		return rc;
+	return ctxt->ops->write_std(ctxt, linear, data, size, &ctxt->exception);
+}
+
 /*
  * Fetch the next byte of the instruction being emulated which is pointed to
  * by ctxt->_eip, then increment ctxt->_eip.
@@ -3268,8 +3282,8 @@ static int emulate_store_desc_ptr(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 	}
 	/* Disable writeback. */
 	ctxt->dst.type = OP_NONE;
-	return segmented_write(ctxt, ctxt->dst.addr.mem,
-			       &desc_ptr, 2 + ctxt->op_bytes);
+	return segmented_write_std(ctxt, ctxt->dst.addr.mem,
+				   &desc_ptr, 2 + ctxt->op_bytes);
 }
 
 static int em_sgdt(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)