diff --git a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
index 882068538c9c95fc08fd5dec62ac008a5bda1cc3..83afe65d4966d0664186e2163083510da5aba012 100644
--- a/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
+++ b/Documentation/virtual/kvm/cpuid.txt
@@ -10,11 +10,15 @@ a guest.
 KVM cpuid functions are:
 
 function: KVM_CPUID_SIGNATURE (0x40000000)
-returns : eax = 0,
+returns : eax = 0x40000001,
           ebx = 0x4b4d564b,
           ecx = 0x564b4d56,
           edx = 0x4d.
 Note that this value in ebx, ecx and edx corresponds to the string "KVMKVMKVM".
+The value in eax corresponds to the maximum cpuid function present in this leaf,
+and will be updated if more functions are added in the future.
+Note also that old hosts set eax value to 0x0. This should
+be interpreted as if the value was 0x40000001.
 This function queries the presence of KVM cpuid leafs.
 
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index c2134b88103365d277f83a09752d426299ae0a25..7df1c6d839fb495f9024851987ea622442338d70 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -398,7 +398,7 @@ static int do_cpuid_ent(struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *entry, u32 function,
 	case KVM_CPUID_SIGNATURE: {
 		char signature[12] = "KVMKVMKVM\0\0";
 		u32 *sigptr = (u32 *)signature;
-		entry->eax = 0;
+		entry->eax = KVM_CPUID_FEATURES;
 		entry->ebx = sigptr[0];
 		entry->ecx = sigptr[1];
 		entry->edx = sigptr[2];