diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 94fda2010f5f29611b2cc39bfcbb4daa1b9f0bf0..4e691035a32d392bc050a98ff216e77d495469c3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -7180,9 +7180,6 @@ static int handle_vmon(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if (nested_vmx_check_vmptr(vcpu, EXIT_REASON_VMON, NULL))
-		return 1;
-
 	if (vmx->nested.vmxon) {
 		nested_vmx_failValid(vcpu, VMXERR_VMXON_IN_VMX_ROOT_OPERATION);
 		return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
@@ -7194,6 +7191,9 @@ static int handle_vmon(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		return 1;
 	}
 
+	if (nested_vmx_check_vmptr(vcpu, EXIT_REASON_VMON, NULL))
+		return 1;
+
 	if (cpu_has_vmx_msr_bitmap()) {
 		vmx->nested.msr_bitmap =
 				(unsigned long *)__get_free_page(GFP_KERNEL);