diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
index 78dd9df881577dc1bc1b2bddf84729ff2fe5fd40..c936c9824405c6a917027949aa316486ce967bcd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/svm.h
@@ -146,6 +146,8 @@ struct __attribute__ ((__packed__)) vmcb_control_area {
 #define SVM_VM_CR_SVM_LOCK_MASK 0x0008ULL
 #define SVM_VM_CR_SVM_DIS_MASK  0x0010ULL
 
+#define SVM_NESTED_CTL_NP_ENABLE	BIT(0)
+
 struct __attribute__ ((__packed__)) vmcb_seg {
 	u16 selector;
 	u16 attrib;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
index 59e13a79c2e3eea5588be38d3fdb677cf9076b3d..1c8158a6ee06b9d6da94d92b3179e4a6205b6775 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm.c
@@ -1293,7 +1293,7 @@ static void init_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 
 	if (npt_enabled) {
 		/* Setup VMCB for Nested Paging */
-		control->nested_ctl = 1;
+		control->nested_ctl |= SVM_NESTED_CTL_NP_ENABLE;
 		clr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_INVLPG);
 		clr_exception_intercept(svm, PF_VECTOR);
 		clr_cr_intercept(svm, INTERCEPT_CR3_READ);
@@ -2918,7 +2918,8 @@ static bool nested_vmcb_checks(struct vmcb *vmcb)
 	if (vmcb->control.asid == 0)
 		return false;
 
-	if (vmcb->control.nested_ctl && !npt_enabled)
+	if ((vmcb->control.nested_ctl & SVM_NESTED_CTL_NP_ENABLE) &&
+	    !npt_enabled)
 		return false;
 
 	return true;
@@ -2932,7 +2933,7 @@ static void enter_svm_guest_mode(struct vcpu_svm *svm, u64 vmcb_gpa,
 	else
 		svm->vcpu.arch.hflags &= ~HF_HIF_MASK;
 
-	if (nested_vmcb->control.nested_ctl) {
+	if (nested_vmcb->control.nested_ctl & SVM_NESTED_CTL_NP_ENABLE) {
 		kvm_mmu_unload(&svm->vcpu);
 		svm->nested.nested_cr3 = nested_vmcb->control.nested_cr3;
 		nested_svm_init_mmu_context(&svm->vcpu);