diff --git a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
index 27f2751c3baa66e404631f37c5ddb7ed15ebc23f..54c35c0b31815670dd56cbc54b18826e1ea6f80d 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -1116,6 +1116,8 @@ static int vmx_vcpu_setup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 		if (rdmsr_safe(index, &data_low, &data_high) < 0)
 			continue;
+		if (wrmsr_safe(index, data_low, data_high) < 0)
+			continue;
 		data = data_low | ((u64)data_high << 32);
 		vcpu->host_msrs[j].index = index;
 		vcpu->host_msrs[j].reserved = 0;