diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/evmcs_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/evmcs_test.c
index ea3c73e8f4f6e7a97303e1801a674c12dc01219d..c49c2a28b0eb290ccd6c51498a0b9fd716b58b07 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/evmcs_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/x86_64/evmcs_test.c
@@ -103,6 +103,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 
 	vcpu_ioctl(vm, VCPU_ID, KVM_ENABLE_CAP, &enable_evmcs_cap);
 
+	/* KVM should return supported EVMCS version range */
+	TEST_ASSERT(((evmcs_ver >> 8) >= (evmcs_ver & 0xff)) &&
+		    (evmcs_ver & 0xff) > 0,
+		    "Incorrect EVMCS version range: %x:%x\n",
+		    evmcs_ver & 0xff, evmcs_ver >> 8);
+
 	run = vcpu_state(vm, VCPU_ID);
 
 	vcpu_regs_get(vm, VCPU_ID, &regs1);