diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 95a955de5964bcc3f4aa6791a004e29b28504c13..1e7a49bfc94fb323cbb11782693cab89743f1133 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -3721,13 +3721,15 @@ static void reset_rsvds_bits_mask_ept(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 void
 reset_shadow_zero_bits_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_mmu *context)
 {
+	bool uses_nx = context->nx || context->base_role.smep_andnot_wp;
+
 	/*
 	 * Passing "true" to the last argument is okay; it adds a check
 	 * on bit 8 of the SPTEs which KVM doesn't use anyway.
 	 */
 	__reset_rsvds_bits_mask(vcpu, &context->shadow_zero_check,
 				boot_cpu_data.x86_phys_bits,
-				context->shadow_root_level, context->nx,
+				context->shadow_root_level, uses_nx,
 				guest_cpuid_has_gbpages(vcpu), is_pse(vcpu),
 				true);
 }