diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index ffb20a64d328..8a3d55410f06 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -3542,7 +3542,8 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_postcreate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		vcpu->arch.gmap = vcpu->kvm->arch.gmap;
 		sca_add_vcpu(vcpu);
 	}
-	if (test_kvm_facility(vcpu->kvm, 74) || vcpu->kvm->arch.user_instr0)
+	if (test_kvm_facility(vcpu->kvm, 74) || vcpu->kvm->arch.user_instr0 ||
+	    vcpu->kvm->arch.user_operexec)
 		vcpu->arch.sie_block->ictl |= ICTL_OPEREXC;
 }