diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 0677af1f44a61..a5aee1e39a27f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -4326,6 +4326,15 @@ static u32 vmx_exec_control(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
 {
 	u32 exec_control = vmcs_config.cpu_based_exec_ctrl;
 
+	/*
+	 * Not used by KVM, but fully supported for nesting, i.e. are allowed in
+	 * vmcs12 and propagated to vmcs02 when set in vmcs12.
+	 */
+	exec_control &= ~(CPU_BASED_RDTSC_EXITING |
+			  CPU_BASED_USE_IO_BITMAPS |
+			  CPU_BASED_MONITOR_TRAP_FLAG |
+			  CPU_BASED_PAUSE_EXITING);
+
 	/* INTR_WINDOW_EXITING and NMI_WINDOW_EXITING are toggled dynamically */
 	exec_control &= ~(CPU_BASED_INTR_WINDOW_EXITING |
 			  CPU_BASED_NMI_WINDOW_EXITING);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
index 200a17ca9406a..a3da84f4ea456 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
@@ -549,9 +549,13 @@ static inline u8 vmx_get_rvi(void)
 #endif
 
 #define KVM_OPTIONAL_VMX_CPU_BASED_VM_EXEC_CONTROL			\
-	(CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW |						\
+	(CPU_BASED_RDTSC_EXITING |					\
+	 CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW |						\
+	 CPU_BASED_USE_IO_BITMAPS |					\
+	 CPU_BASED_MONITOR_TRAP_FLAG |					\
 	 CPU_BASED_USE_MSR_BITMAPS |					\
 	 CPU_BASED_NMI_WINDOW_EXITING |					\
+	 CPU_BASED_PAUSE_EXITING |					\
 	 CPU_BASED_ACTIVATE_SECONDARY_CONTROLS |			\
 	 CPU_BASED_ACTIVATE_TERTIARY_CONTROLS)