diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 936f7652d1e4..424ed50e6bfa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -5405,14 +5405,10 @@ static __init int svm_hardware_setup(void)
 		pr_err_ratelimited("NX (Execute Disable) not supported\n");
 		return -EOPNOTSUPP;
 	}
-	kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_NX);
 
 	kvm_caps.supported_xcr0 &= ~(XFEATURE_MASK_BNDREGS |
 				     XFEATURE_MASK_BNDCSR);
 
-	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FXSR_OPT))
-		kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_FFXSR);
-
 	if (tsc_scaling) {
 		if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSCRATEMSR)) {
 			tsc_scaling = false;
@@ -5426,9 +5422,6 @@ static __init int svm_hardware_setup(void)
 
 	tsc_aux_uret_slot = kvm_add_user_return_msr(MSR_TSC_AUX);
 
-	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AUTOIBRS))
-		kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_AUTOIBRS);
-
 	/* Check for pause filtering support */
 	if (!boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_PAUSEFILTER)) {
 		pause_filter_count = 0;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 967b58a8ab9d..bc28da49f283 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -8694,10 +8694,6 @@ __init int vmx_hardware_setup(void)
 
 	vmx_setup_user_return_msrs();
 
-
-	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NX))
-		kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_NX);
-
 	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MPX)) {
 		rdmsrq(MSR_IA32_BNDCFGS, host_bndcfgs);
 		WARN_ONCE(host_bndcfgs, "BNDCFGS in host will be lost");
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index d5731499f4c2..7e8c1816cffd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -9998,6 +9998,18 @@ void kvm_setup_xss_caps(void)
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_FOR_KVM_INTERNAL(kvm_setup_xss_caps);
 
+static void kvm_setup_efer_caps(void)
+{
+	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_NX))
+		kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_NX);
+
+	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_FXSR_OPT))
+		kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_FFXSR);
+
+	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_AUTOIBRS))
+		kvm_enable_efer_bits(EFER_AUTOIBRS);
+}
+
 static inline void kvm_ops_update(struct kvm_x86_init_ops *ops)
 {
 	memcpy(&kvm_x86_ops, ops->runtime_ops, sizeof(kvm_x86_ops));
@@ -10134,6 +10146,8 @@ int kvm_x86_vendor_init(struct kvm_x86_init_ops *ops)
 	if (r != 0)
 		goto out_mmu_exit;
 
+	kvm_setup_efer_caps();
+
 	enable_device_posted_irqs &= enable_apicv &&
 				     irq_remapping_cap(IRQ_POSTING_CAP);