diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index b922a8b00057..733c1d5671cd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -7487,9 +7487,14 @@ static void kvm_wake_nx_recovery_thread(struct kvm *kvm)
 
 static int get_nx_huge_pages(char *buffer, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 {
+	int val = *(int *)kp->arg;
+
 	if (nx_hugepage_mitigation_hard_disabled)
 		return sysfs_emit(buffer, "never\n");
 
+	if (val == -1)
+		return sysfs_emit(buffer, "auto\n");
+
 	return param_get_bool(buffer, kp);
 }