diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 1bb994657208ce6a34573851010adf90b2083c2e..6a3a4038f3b941eabb09276dcf4837bf25bccfc3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -1441,7 +1441,7 @@ static void ept_update_paging_mode_cr0(unsigned long *hw_cr0,
 	if (!(cr0 & X86_CR0_PG)) {
 		/* From paging/starting to nonpaging */
 		vmcs_write32(CPU_BASED_VM_EXEC_CONTROL,
-			     vmcs_config.cpu_based_exec_ctrl |
+			     vmcs_read32(CPU_BASED_VM_EXEC_CONTROL) |
 			     (CPU_BASED_CR3_LOAD_EXITING |
 			      CPU_BASED_CR3_STORE_EXITING));
 		vcpu->arch.cr0 = cr0;
@@ -1451,7 +1451,7 @@ static void ept_update_paging_mode_cr0(unsigned long *hw_cr0,
 	} else if (!is_paging(vcpu)) {
 		/* From nonpaging to paging */
 		vmcs_write32(CPU_BASED_VM_EXEC_CONTROL,
-			     vmcs_config.cpu_based_exec_ctrl &
+			     vmcs_read32(CPU_BASED_VM_EXEC_CONTROL) &
 			     ~(CPU_BASED_CR3_LOAD_EXITING |
 			       CPU_BASED_CR3_STORE_EXITING));
 		vcpu->arch.cr0 = cr0;