diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 7e4a506828c9..6c7f0bffdf01 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -293,6 +293,7 @@ static void nested_prepare_vmcb_save(struct vcpu_svm *svm, struct vmcb *nested_v
 
 static void nested_prepare_vmcb_control(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 {
+	const u32 mask = V_INTR_MASKING_MASK | V_GIF_ENABLE_MASK | V_GIF_MASK;
 	if (svm->nested.ctl.nested_ctl & SVM_NESTED_CTL_NP_ENABLE)
 		nested_svm_init_mmu_context(&svm->vcpu);
 
@@ -308,7 +309,10 @@ static void nested_prepare_vmcb_control(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	svm->vmcb->control.tsc_offset = svm->vcpu.arch.tsc_offset =
 		svm->vcpu.arch.l1_tsc_offset + svm->nested.ctl.tsc_offset;
 
-	svm->vmcb->control.int_ctl             = svm->nested.ctl.int_ctl | V_INTR_MASKING_MASK;
+	svm->vmcb->control.int_ctl             =
+		(svm->nested.ctl.int_ctl & ~mask) |
+		(svm->nested.hsave->control.int_ctl & mask);
+
 	svm->vmcb->control.virt_ext            = svm->nested.ctl.virt_ext;
 	svm->vmcb->control.int_vector          = svm->nested.ctl.int_vector;
 	svm->vmcb->control.int_state           = svm->nested.ctl.int_state;