diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index feb852b04598..d4c58d884838 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -5840,53 +5840,10 @@ static __init int hardware_setup(void)
 	memset(vmx_msr_bitmap_legacy, 0xff, PAGE_SIZE);
 	memset(vmx_msr_bitmap_longmode, 0xff, PAGE_SIZE);
 
-	vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(MSR_FS_BASE, false);
-	vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(MSR_GS_BASE, false);
-	vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE, true);
-	vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS, false);
-	vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP, false);
-	vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_EIP, false);
-	vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(MSR_IA32_BNDCFGS, true);
-
-	memcpy(vmx_msr_bitmap_legacy_x2apic,
-			vmx_msr_bitmap_legacy, PAGE_SIZE);
-	memcpy(vmx_msr_bitmap_longmode_x2apic,
-			vmx_msr_bitmap_longmode, PAGE_SIZE);
-
-	if (enable_apicv) {
-		for (msr = 0x800; msr <= 0x8ff; msr++)
-			vmx_disable_intercept_msr_read_x2apic(msr);
-
-		/* According SDM, in x2apic mode, the whole id reg is used.
-		 * But in KVM, it only use the highest eight bits. Need to
-		 * intercept it */
-		vmx_enable_intercept_msr_read_x2apic(0x802);
-		/* TMCCT */
-		vmx_enable_intercept_msr_read_x2apic(0x839);
-		/* TPR */
-		vmx_disable_intercept_msr_write_x2apic(0x808);
-		/* EOI */
-		vmx_disable_intercept_msr_write_x2apic(0x80b);
-		/* SELF-IPI */
-		vmx_disable_intercept_msr_write_x2apic(0x83f);
-	}
-
-	if (enable_ept) {
-		kvm_mmu_set_mask_ptes(0ull,
-			(enable_ept_ad_bits) ? VMX_EPT_ACCESS_BIT : 0ull,
-			(enable_ept_ad_bits) ? VMX_EPT_DIRTY_BIT : 0ull,
-			0ull, VMX_EPT_EXECUTABLE_MASK);
-		ept_set_mmio_spte_mask();
-		kvm_enable_tdp();
-	} else
-		kvm_disable_tdp();
-
-	update_ple_window_actual_max();
-
 	if (setup_vmcs_config(&vmcs_config) < 0) {
 		r = -EIO;
 		goto out7;
-    }
+	}
 
 	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NX))
 		kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_NX);
@@ -5945,6 +5902,49 @@ static __init int hardware_setup(void)
 	if (nested)
 		nested_vmx_setup_ctls_msrs();
 
+	vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(MSR_FS_BASE, false);
+	vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(MSR_GS_BASE, false);
+	vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(MSR_KERNEL_GS_BASE, true);
+	vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_CS, false);
+	vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP, false);
+	vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_EIP, false);
+	vmx_disable_intercept_for_msr(MSR_IA32_BNDCFGS, true);
+
+	memcpy(vmx_msr_bitmap_legacy_x2apic,
+			vmx_msr_bitmap_legacy, PAGE_SIZE);
+	memcpy(vmx_msr_bitmap_longmode_x2apic,
+			vmx_msr_bitmap_longmode, PAGE_SIZE);
+
+	if (enable_apicv) {
+		for (msr = 0x800; msr <= 0x8ff; msr++)
+			vmx_disable_intercept_msr_read_x2apic(msr);
+
+		/* According SDM, in x2apic mode, the whole id reg is used.
+		 * But in KVM, it only use the highest eight bits. Need to
+		 * intercept it */
+		vmx_enable_intercept_msr_read_x2apic(0x802);
+		/* TMCCT */
+		vmx_enable_intercept_msr_read_x2apic(0x839);
+		/* TPR */
+		vmx_disable_intercept_msr_write_x2apic(0x808);
+		/* EOI */
+		vmx_disable_intercept_msr_write_x2apic(0x80b);
+		/* SELF-IPI */
+		vmx_disable_intercept_msr_write_x2apic(0x83f);
+	}
+
+	if (enable_ept) {
+		kvm_mmu_set_mask_ptes(0ull,
+			(enable_ept_ad_bits) ? VMX_EPT_ACCESS_BIT : 0ull,
+			(enable_ept_ad_bits) ? VMX_EPT_DIRTY_BIT : 0ull,
+			0ull, VMX_EPT_EXECUTABLE_MASK);
+		ept_set_mmio_spte_mask();
+		kvm_enable_tdp();
+	} else
+		kvm_disable_tdp();
+
+	update_ple_window_actual_max();
+
 	return alloc_kvm_area();
 
 out7: