diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
index ceb599c8cf7960b187d39fa19c45e697c78a09da..338119852512654b51d6c01befa7af58e6621782 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_para.h
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ static inline bool kvm_check_and_clear_guest_paused(void)
 #endif /* CONFIG_KVM_GUEST */
 
 #define KVM_HYPERCALL \
-        ALTERNATIVE(".byte 0x0f,0x01,0xc1", ".byte 0x0f,0x01,0xd9", X86_FEATURE_VMMCALL)
+        ALTERNATIVE("vmcall", "vmmcall", X86_FEATURE_VMMCALL)
 
 /* For KVM hypercalls, a three-byte sequence of either the vmcall or the vmmcall
  * instruction.  The hypervisor may replace it with something else but only the