diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 161ede2b5f91441fe213714ede61e571799ab05f..fe6d126633d8a3eca9682c342377e1cc3b159093 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -683,37 +683,29 @@ static u32 emulated_msrs[] = {
 	MSR_IA32_MISC_ENABLE,
 };
 
-static void set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer)
+static int set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer)
 {
-	if (efer & efer_reserved_bits) {
-		kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
-		return;
-	}
+	if (efer & efer_reserved_bits)
+		return 1;
 
 	if (is_paging(vcpu)
-	    && (vcpu->arch.efer & EFER_LME) != (efer & EFER_LME)) {
-		kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
-		return;
-	}
+	    && (vcpu->arch.efer & EFER_LME) != (efer & EFER_LME))
+		return 1;
 
 	if (efer & EFER_FFXSR) {
 		struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *feat;
 
 		feat = kvm_find_cpuid_entry(vcpu, 0x80000001, 0);
-		if (!feat || !(feat->edx & bit(X86_FEATURE_FXSR_OPT))) {
-			kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
-			return;
-		}
+		if (!feat || !(feat->edx & bit(X86_FEATURE_FXSR_OPT)))
+			return 1;
 	}
 
 	if (efer & EFER_SVME) {
 		struct kvm_cpuid_entry2 *feat;
 
 		feat = kvm_find_cpuid_entry(vcpu, 0x80000001, 0);
-		if (!feat || !(feat->ecx & bit(X86_FEATURE_SVM))) {
-			kvm_inject_gp(vcpu, 0);
-			return;
-		}
+		if (!feat || !(feat->ecx & bit(X86_FEATURE_SVM)))
+			return 1;
 	}
 
 	kvm_x86_ops->set_efer(vcpu, efer);
@@ -725,6 +717,8 @@ static void set_efer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 efer)
 
 	vcpu->arch.mmu.base_role.nxe = (efer & EFER_NX) && !tdp_enabled;
 	kvm_mmu_reset_context(vcpu);
+
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void kvm_enable_efer_bits(u64 mask)
@@ -1153,8 +1147,7 @@ int kvm_set_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 msr, u64 data)
 {
 	switch (msr) {
 	case MSR_EFER:
-		set_efer(vcpu, data);
-		break;
+		return set_efer(vcpu, data);
 	case MSR_K7_HWCR:
 		data &= ~(u64)0x40;	/* ignore flush filter disable */
 		data &= ~(u64)0x100;	/* ignore ignne emulation enable */