diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h
index 6f0d409c3682078ae81fbdfdf1d2287cd4679458..2cfe363729c3cc49f1cd1c4d0360d3c3d10ce136 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/virtext.h
@@ -107,4 +107,18 @@ static inline int cpu_has_svm(const char **msg)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+
+/** Disable SVM on the current CPU
+ *
+ * You should call this only if cpu_has_svm() returned true.
+ */
+static inline void cpu_svm_disable(void)
+{
+	uint64_t efer;
+
+	wrmsrl(MSR_VM_HSAVE_PA, 0);
+	rdmsrl(MSR_EFER, efer);
+	wrmsrl(MSR_EFER, efer & ~MSR_EFER_SVME_MASK);
+}
+
 #endif /* _ASM_X86_VIRTEX_H */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 0667c6d13d30c9fc91b587015599da7d2f11b083..1452851ae2583b689f250a403ce6ee08075144c8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -259,11 +259,7 @@ static int has_svm(void)
 
 static void svm_hardware_disable(void *garbage)
 {
-	uint64_t efer;
-
-	wrmsrl(MSR_VM_HSAVE_PA, 0);
-	rdmsrl(MSR_EFER, efer);
-	wrmsrl(MSR_EFER, efer & ~MSR_EFER_SVME_MASK);
+	cpu_svm_disable();
 }
 
 static void svm_hardware_enable(void *garbage)