diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 027dfd278a97..3bf2ecafd027 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -5839,6 +5839,7 @@ static int emulator_cmpxchg_emulated(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 {
 	struct kvm_host_map map;
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = emul_to_vcpu(ctxt);
+	u64 page_line_mask;
 	gpa_t gpa;
 	char *kaddr;
 	bool exchanged;
@@ -5853,7 +5854,16 @@ static int emulator_cmpxchg_emulated(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 	    (gpa & PAGE_MASK) == APIC_DEFAULT_PHYS_BASE)
 		goto emul_write;
 
-	if (((gpa + bytes - 1) & PAGE_MASK) != (gpa & PAGE_MASK))
+	/*
+	 * Emulate the atomic as a straight write to avoid #AC if SLD is
+	 * enabled in the host and the access splits a cache line.
+	 */
+	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_SPLIT_LOCK_DETECT))
+		page_line_mask = ~(cache_line_size() - 1);
+	else
+		page_line_mask = PAGE_MASK;
+
+	if (((gpa + bytes - 1) & page_line_mask) != (gpa & page_line_mask))
 		goto emul_write;
 
 	if (kvm_vcpu_map(vcpu, gpa_to_gfn(gpa), &map))