diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 94e7b5a4fafe..4a68cb3eba78 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -2192,6 +2192,8 @@ void kvm_configure_mmu(bool enable_tdp, int tdp_forced_root_level,
 #define kvm_arch_has_private_mem(kvm) false
 #endif
 
+#define kvm_arch_has_readonly_mem(kvm) (!(kvm)->arch.has_protected_state)
+
 static inline u16 kvm_read_ldt(void)
 {
 	u16 ldt;
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 79a6b1a63027..b23c6d48392f 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -715,6 +715,13 @@ static inline bool kvm_arch_has_private_mem(struct kvm *kvm)
 }
 #endif
 
+#ifndef kvm_arch_has_readonly_mem
+static inline bool kvm_arch_has_readonly_mem(struct kvm *kvm)
+{
+	return IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_READONLY_MEM);
+}
+#endif
+
 struct kvm_memslots {
 	u64 generation;
 	atomic_long_t last_used_slot;
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 92901656a0d4..cb2b78e92910 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1578,15 +1578,14 @@ static int check_memory_region_flags(struct kvm *kvm,
 	if (mem->flags & KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD)
 		valid_flags &= ~KVM_MEM_LOG_DIRTY_PAGES;
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_READONLY_MEM
 	/*
 	 * GUEST_MEMFD is incompatible with read-only memslots, as writes to
 	 * read-only memslots have emulated MMIO, not page fault, semantics,
 	 * and KVM doesn't allow emulated MMIO for private memory.
 	 */
-	if (!(mem->flags & KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD))
+	if (kvm_arch_has_readonly_mem(kvm) &&
+	    !(mem->flags & KVM_MEM_GUEST_MEMFD))
 		valid_flags |= KVM_MEM_READONLY;
-#endif
 
 	if (mem->flags & ~valid_flags)
 		return -EINVAL;