diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
index d0b95b7a90b4ecbed10eaf076ad19059b702a60b..81f5f50794f66ce791b0bdebaaeada2efd45362a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
@@ -281,6 +281,9 @@ static inline bool kvm_mwait_in_guest(void)
 		return false;
 	}
 
+	if (boot_cpu_has_bug(X86_BUG_MONITOR))
+		return false;
+
 	/*
 	 * Intel CPUs without CPUID5_ECX_INTERRUPT_BREAK are problematic as
 	 * they would allow guest to stop the CPU completely by disabling