diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index f3834bbca1d79ccab02880f2eb3acaf3fa74c97f..e8a58409b5ac0e2788a96a2fb97be7b77dea82bd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -1324,7 +1324,8 @@ static int pio_in_emulated(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 		rc->end = n * size;
 	}
 
-	if (ctxt->rep_prefix && !(ctxt->eflags & EFLG_DF)) {
+	if (ctxt->rep_prefix && (ctxt->d & String) &&
+	    !(ctxt->eflags & EFLG_DF)) {
 		ctxt->dst.data = rc->data + rc->pos;
 		ctxt->dst.type = OP_MEM_STR;
 		ctxt->dst.count = (rc->end - rc->pos) / size;