diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index b2ff74b12ec45..0334b250e1025 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2819,7 +2819,8 @@ static int msr_io(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_msrs __user *user_msrs,
 static inline bool kvm_can_mwait_in_guest(void)
 {
 	return boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MWAIT) &&
-		!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MONITOR);
+		!boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MONITOR) &&
+		boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARAT);
 }
 
 int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)