diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index abd4830f71d8..e767835a4f3a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -2927,14 +2927,15 @@ static bool __kvm_is_vmx_supported(void)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if (!this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MSR_IA32_FEAT_CTL) ||
-	    !this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_VMX)) {
+	if (!this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_MSR_IA32_FEAT_CTL)) {
 		pr_err("VMX not enabled (by BIOS) in MSR_IA32_FEAT_CTL on CPU %d\n", cpu);
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if (!per_cpu(root_vmcs, cpu))
+	if (!this_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_VMX)) {
+		pr_err("VMX not fully enabled on CPU %d.  Check kernel logs and/or BIOS\n", cpu);
 		return false;
+	}
 
 	return true;
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/virt/hw.c b/arch/x86/virt/hw.c
index 56972f594d90..40495872fdfb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/virt/hw.c
+++ b/arch/x86/virt/hw.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ static __init void x86_vmx_exit(void)
 	}
 }
 
-static __init int x86_vmx_init(void)
+static __init int __x86_vmx_init(void)
 {
 	u64 basic_msr;
 	u32 rev_id;
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ static __init int x86_vmx_init(void)
 		struct vmcs *vmcs;
 
 		page = __alloc_pages_node(node, GFP_KERNEL | __GFP_ZERO, 0);
-		if (!page) {
+		if (WARN_ON_ONCE(!page)) {
 			x86_vmx_exit();
 			return -ENOMEM;
 		}
@@ -68,6 +68,16 @@ static __init int x86_vmx_init(void)
 
 	return 0;
 }
+
+static __init int x86_vmx_init(void)
+{
+	int r;
+
+	r = __x86_vmx_init();
+	if (r)
+		setup_clear_cpu_cap(X86_FEATURE_VMX);
+	return r;
+}
 #else
 static __init int x86_vmx_init(void) { return -EOPNOTSUPP; }
 #endif