diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index d2486506a808..baf9a2860d98 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -2157,7 +2157,8 @@ int kvm_emulate_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	u32 eax, ebx, ecx, edx;
 
-	if (cpuid_fault_enabled(vcpu) && !kvm_require_cpl(vcpu, 0))
+	if (!is_smm(vcpu) && cpuid_fault_enabled(vcpu) &&
+	    !kvm_require_cpl(vcpu, 0))
 		return 1;
 
 	eax = kvm_rax_read(vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 20ed588015f1..500711c6f069 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -3583,10 +3583,10 @@ static int em_cpuid(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 	u64 msr = 0;
 
 	ctxt->ops->get_msr(ctxt, MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES, &msr);
-	if (msr & MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES_CPUID_FAULT &&
-	    ctxt->ops->cpl(ctxt)) {
+	if (!ctxt->ops->is_smm(ctxt) &&
+	    (msr & MSR_MISC_FEATURES_ENABLES_CPUID_FAULT) &&
+	    ctxt->ops->cpl(ctxt))
 		return emulate_gp(ctxt, 0);
-	}
 
 	eax = reg_read(ctxt, VCPU_REGS_RAX);
 	ecx = reg_read(ctxt, VCPU_REGS_RCX);