diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 7d4eb94f270c021f1c56a96c6490b8c7dbfc3058..7014dba23d20ceda17a760ad6dc9ee4f8ec020ac 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -528,6 +528,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 	bool tpr_access_reporting;
 	u64 ia32_xss;
 	u64 microcode_version;
+	u64 arch_capabilities;
 
 	/*
 	 * Paging state of the vcpu
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 4029d3783e18e766fa6734dbb7709b975c86f917..f99f59625da5f12405ab490cc50b6b9bb302b53e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -970,7 +970,6 @@ struct vcpu_vmx {
 	u64 		      msr_guest_kernel_gs_base;
 #endif
 
-	u64 		      arch_capabilities;
 	u64 		      spec_ctrl;
 
 	u32 vm_entry_controls_shadow;
@@ -4104,12 +4103,6 @@ static int vmx_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 
 		msr_info->data = to_vmx(vcpu)->spec_ctrl;
 		break;
-	case MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES:
-		if (!msr_info->host_initiated &&
-		    !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_ARCH_CAPABILITIES))
-			return 1;
-		msr_info->data = to_vmx(vcpu)->arch_capabilities;
-		break;
 	case MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS:
 		msr_info->data = vmcs_read32(GUEST_SYSENTER_CS);
 		break;
@@ -4271,11 +4264,6 @@ static int vmx_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 		vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(vmx->vmcs01.msr_bitmap, MSR_IA32_PRED_CMD,
 					      MSR_TYPE_W);
 		break;
-	case MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES:
-		if (!msr_info->host_initiated)
-			return 1;
-		vmx->arch_capabilities = data;
-		break;
 	case MSR_IA32_CR_PAT:
 		if (vmcs_config.vmentry_ctrl & VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PAT) {
 			if (!kvm_mtrr_valid(vcpu, MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, data))
@@ -6666,8 +6654,6 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_setup(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
 		++vmx->nmsrs;
 	}
 
-	vmx->arch_capabilities = kvm_get_arch_capabilities();
-
 	vm_exit_controls_init(vmx, vmcs_config.vmexit_ctrl);
 
 	/* 22.2.1, 20.8.1 */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index a54d2553a77203959aae0fd67cfc55b519dc6f79..4a61e1609c97e85b7a7c765619dd24877b420887 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2350,6 +2350,11 @@ int kvm_set_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 		if (msr_info->host_initiated)
 			vcpu->arch.microcode_version = data;
 		break;
+	case MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES:
+		if (!msr_info->host_initiated)
+			return 1;
+		vcpu->arch.arch_capabilities = data;
+		break;
 	case MSR_EFER:
 		return set_efer(vcpu, data);
 	case MSR_K7_HWCR:
@@ -2654,6 +2659,12 @@ int kvm_get_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 	case MSR_IA32_UCODE_REV:
 		msr_info->data = vcpu->arch.microcode_version;
 		break;
+	case MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES:
+		if (!msr_info->host_initiated &&
+		    !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_ARCH_CAPABILITIES))
+			return 1;
+		msr_info->data = vcpu->arch.arch_capabilities;
+		break;
 	case MSR_IA32_TSC:
 		msr_info->data = kvm_scale_tsc(vcpu, rdtsc()) + vcpu->arch.tsc_offset;
 		break;
@@ -8501,6 +8512,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm *kvm,
 
 int kvm_arch_vcpu_setup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	vcpu->arch.arch_capabilities = kvm_get_arch_capabilities();
 	kvm_vcpu_mtrr_init(vcpu);
 	vcpu_load(vcpu);
 	kvm_vcpu_reset(vcpu, false);