diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index e21aee98a5c2..49314155b66c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -130,7 +130,6 @@ enum kvm_reg_ex {
 	VCPU_EXREG_PDPTR = NR_VCPU_REGS,
 	VCPU_EXREG_CR3,
 	VCPU_EXREG_RFLAGS,
-	VCPU_EXREG_CPL,
 	VCPU_EXREG_SEGMENTS,
 };
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 0b7d58d0c5fb..ec8366c5cfea 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -1338,21 +1338,6 @@ static void svm_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		wrmsrl(host_save_user_msrs[i], svm->host_user_msrs[i]);
 }
 
-static void svm_update_cpl(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	struct vcpu_svm *svm = to_svm(vcpu);
-	int cpl;
-
-	if (!is_protmode(vcpu))
-		cpl = 0;
-	else if (svm->vmcb->save.rflags & X86_EFLAGS_VM)
-		cpl = 3;
-	else
-		cpl = svm->vmcb->save.cs.selector & 0x3;
-
-	svm->vmcb->save.cpl = cpl;
-}
-
 static unsigned long svm_get_rflags(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	return to_svm(vcpu)->vmcb->save.rflags;
@@ -1360,11 +1345,12 @@ static unsigned long svm_get_rflags(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 static void svm_set_rflags(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long rflags)
 {
-	unsigned long old_rflags = to_svm(vcpu)->vmcb->save.rflags;
-
+       /*
+        * Any change of EFLAGS.VM is accompained by a reload of SS
+        * (caused by either a task switch or an inter-privilege IRET),
+        * so we do not need to update the CPL here.
+        */
 	to_svm(vcpu)->vmcb->save.rflags = rflags;
-	if ((old_rflags ^ rflags) & X86_EFLAGS_VM)
-		svm_update_cpl(vcpu);
 }
 
 static void svm_cache_reg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, enum kvm_reg reg)
@@ -1631,8 +1617,15 @@ static void svm_set_segment(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		s->attrib |= (var->db & 1) << SVM_SELECTOR_DB_SHIFT;
 		s->attrib |= (var->g & 1) << SVM_SELECTOR_G_SHIFT;
 	}
-	if (seg == VCPU_SREG_CS)
-		svm_update_cpl(vcpu);
+
+	/*
+	 * This is always accurate, except if SYSRET returned to a segment
+	 * with SS.DPL != 3.  Intel does not have this quirk, and always
+	 * forces SS.DPL to 3 on sysret, so we ignore that case; fixing it
+	 * would entail passing the CPL to userspace and back.
+	 */
+	if (seg == VCPU_SREG_SS)
+		svm->vmcb->save.cpl = (s->attrib >> SVM_SELECTOR_DPL_SHIFT) & 3;
 
 	mark_dirty(svm->vmcb, VMCB_SEG);
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 6f7463f53ed9..a267108403f5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -414,7 +414,6 @@ struct vcpu_vmx {
 	struct kvm_vcpu       vcpu;
 	unsigned long         host_rsp;
 	u8                    fail;
-	u8                    cpl;
 	bool                  nmi_known_unmasked;
 	u32                   exit_intr_info;
 	u32                   idt_vectoring_info;
@@ -3150,10 +3149,6 @@ static void enter_pmode(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	fix_pmode_seg(vcpu, VCPU_SREG_DS, &vmx->rmode.segs[VCPU_SREG_DS]);
 	fix_pmode_seg(vcpu, VCPU_SREG_FS, &vmx->rmode.segs[VCPU_SREG_FS]);
 	fix_pmode_seg(vcpu, VCPU_SREG_GS, &vmx->rmode.segs[VCPU_SREG_GS]);
-
-	/* CPL is always 0 when CPU enters protected mode */
-	__set_bit(VCPU_EXREG_CPL, (ulong *)&vcpu->arch.regs_avail);
-	vmx->cpl = 0;
 }
 
 static void fix_rmode_seg(int seg, struct kvm_segment *save)
@@ -3555,22 +3550,14 @@ static int vmx_get_cpl(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
 
-	if (!is_protmode(vcpu))
+	if (unlikely(vmx->rmode.vm86_active))
 		return 0;
-
-	if (!is_long_mode(vcpu)
-	    && (kvm_get_rflags(vcpu) & X86_EFLAGS_VM)) /* if virtual 8086 */
-		return 3;
-
-	if (!test_bit(VCPU_EXREG_CPL, (ulong *)&vcpu->arch.regs_avail)) {
-		__set_bit(VCPU_EXREG_CPL, (ulong *)&vcpu->arch.regs_avail);
-		vmx->cpl = vmx_read_guest_seg_selector(vmx, VCPU_SREG_CS) & 3;
+	else {
+		int ar = vmx_read_guest_seg_ar(vmx, VCPU_SREG_SS);
+		return AR_DPL(ar);
 	}
-
-	return vmx->cpl;
 }
 
-
 static u32 vmx_segment_access_rights(struct kvm_segment *var)
 {
 	u32 ar;
@@ -3598,8 +3585,6 @@ static void vmx_set_segment(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	const struct kvm_vmx_segment_field *sf = &kvm_vmx_segment_fields[seg];
 
 	vmx_segment_cache_clear(vmx);
-	if (seg == VCPU_SREG_CS)
-		__clear_bit(VCPU_EXREG_CPL, (ulong *)&vcpu->arch.regs_avail);
 
 	if (vmx->rmode.vm86_active && seg != VCPU_SREG_LDTR) {
 		vmx->rmode.segs[seg] = *var;
@@ -7471,7 +7456,6 @@ static void __noclone vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	vcpu->arch.regs_avail = ~((1 << VCPU_REGS_RIP) | (1 << VCPU_REGS_RSP)
 				  | (1 << VCPU_EXREG_RFLAGS)
-				  | (1 << VCPU_EXREG_CPL)
 				  | (1 << VCPU_EXREG_PDPTR)
 				  | (1 << VCPU_EXREG_SEGMENTS)
 				  | (1 << VCPU_EXREG_CR3));