diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index 2e0f27ad736a16285fd2b84b7a6cec7d210089bf..4c1c2c06e96bb261ee0884adf192f06e231c0c78 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -329,7 +329,13 @@ static void kvm_vcpu_after_set_cpuid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	vcpu->arch.guest_supported_xcr0 =
 		cpuid_get_supported_xcr0(vcpu->arch.cpuid_entries, vcpu->arch.cpuid_nent);
 
-	vcpu->arch.guest_fpu.fpstate->user_xfeatures = vcpu->arch.guest_supported_xcr0;
+	/*
+	 * FP+SSE can always be saved/restored via KVM_{G,S}ET_XSAVE, even if
+	 * XSAVE/XCRO are not exposed to the guest, and even if XSAVE isn't
+	 * supported by the host.
+	 */
+	vcpu->arch.guest_fpu.fpstate->user_xfeatures = vcpu->arch.guest_supported_xcr0 |
+						       XFEATURE_MASK_FPSSE;
 
 	kvm_update_pv_runtime(vcpu);