diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 486db2f9561b78634fb16c405543b034f8c9df1f..82ab1fb2683e2b7fb8d9465b63468eb9f6c94e48 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -3198,7 +3198,7 @@ static u32 vmx_segment_access_rights(struct kvm_segment *var)
 {
 	u32 ar;
 
-	if (var->unusable)
+	if (var->unusable || !var->present)
 		ar = 1 << 16;
 	else {
 		ar = var->type & 15;
@@ -3210,8 +3210,6 @@ static u32 vmx_segment_access_rights(struct kvm_segment *var)
 		ar |= (var->db & 1) << 14;
 		ar |= (var->g & 1) << 15;
 	}
-	if (ar == 0) /* a 0 value means unusable */
-		ar = AR_UNUSABLE_MASK;
 
 	return ar;
 }