diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 977edd42e279d..45f53eef077cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -3039,10 +3039,15 @@ int vmx_set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer)
 		return 0;
 
 	vcpu->arch.efer = efer;
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 	if (efer & EFER_LMA)
 		vm_entry_controls_setbit(vmx, VM_ENTRY_IA32E_MODE);
 	else
 		vm_entry_controls_clearbit(vmx, VM_ENTRY_IA32E_MODE);
+#else
+	if (KVM_BUG_ON(efer & EFER_LMA, vcpu->kvm))
+		return 1;
+#endif
 
 	vmx_setup_uret_msrs(vmx);
 	return 0;