diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index ee77b4bfa88b..1c10d9071958 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -3528,9 +3528,9 @@ static int handle_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	if (exit_code >= ARRAY_SIZE(svm_exit_handlers)
 	    || !svm_exit_handlers[exit_code]) {
-		kvm_run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_UNKNOWN;
-		kvm_run->hw.hardware_exit_reason = exit_code;
-		return 0;
+		WARN_ONCE(1, "vmx: unexpected exit reason 0x%x\n", exit_code);
+		kvm_queue_exception(vcpu, UD_VECTOR);
+		return 1;
 	}
 
 	return svm_exit_handlers[exit_code](svm);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 5f885b760846..515704968236 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -7044,10 +7044,10 @@ static int vmx_handle_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	    && kvm_vmx_exit_handlers[exit_reason])
 		return kvm_vmx_exit_handlers[exit_reason](vcpu);
 	else {
-		vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_UNKNOWN;
-		vcpu->run->hw.hardware_exit_reason = exit_reason;
+		WARN_ONCE(1, "vmx: unexpected exit reason 0x%x\n", exit_reason);
+		kvm_queue_exception(vcpu, UD_VECTOR);
+		return 1;
 	}
-	return 0;
 }
 
 static void update_cr8_intercept(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int tpr, int irr)