diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 491b5a3504fa03afe0140535a3f5e627b666151a..f12151a7363bbe4b51790d852ec76198091e98c8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -5931,9 +5931,13 @@ static int handle_encls(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 static int handle_bus_lock_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_X86_BUS_LOCK;
-	vcpu->run->flags |= KVM_RUN_X86_BUS_LOCK;
-	return 0;
+	/*
+	 * Hardware may or may not set the BUS_LOCK_DETECTED flag on BUS_LOCK
+	 * VM-Exits. Unconditionally set the flag here and leave the handling to
+	 * vmx_handle_exit().
+	 */
+	to_vmx(vcpu)->exit_reason.bus_lock_detected = true;
+	return 1;
 }
 
 /*
@@ -6409,9 +6413,8 @@ static int vmx_handle_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, fastpath_t exit_fastpath)
 	int ret = __vmx_handle_exit(vcpu, exit_fastpath);
 
 	/*
-	 * Even when current exit reason is handled by KVM internally, we
-	 * still need to exit to user space when bus lock detected to inform
-	 * that there is a bus lock in guest.
+	 * Exit to user space when bus lock detected to inform that there is
+	 * a bus lock in guest.
 	 */
 	if (to_vmx(vcpu)->exit_reason.bus_lock_detected) {
 		if (ret > 0)