diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 0d59dbe430c8..04f19b099617 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -5602,7 +5602,7 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool init_event)
 		vmcs_write64(GUEST_IA32_DEBUGCTL, 0);
 	}
 
-	vmcs_writel(GUEST_RFLAGS, 0x02);
+	kvm_set_rflags(vcpu, X86_EFLAGS_FIXED);
 	kvm_rip_write(vcpu, 0xfff0);
 
 	vmcs_writel(GUEST_GDTR_BASE, 0);