diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86.c
index a3122f1949a8e67df2d6cb206ecf353d30f6d015..bb6c65ebfa77e42598c4e1306fc9c744d9f5b396 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/lib/x86.c
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ void vcpu_setup(struct kvm_vm *vm, int vcpuid, int pgd_memslot, int gdt_memslot)
 	switch (vm->mode) {
 	case VM_MODE_FLAT48PG:
 		sregs.cr0 = X86_CR0_PE | X86_CR0_NE | X86_CR0_PG;
-		sregs.cr4 |= X86_CR4_PAE;
+		sregs.cr4 |= X86_CR4_PAE | X86_CR4_OSFXSR;
 		sregs.efer |= (EFER_LME | EFER_LMA | EFER_NX);
 
 		kvm_seg_set_unusable(&sregs.ldt);