diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/emulate-nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/emulate-nested.c
index a15b2f41a12c..3c82f392845d 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/emulate-nested.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/emulate-nested.c
@@ -2967,6 +2967,6 @@ int kvm_inject_nested_serror(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 esr)
 	 * vSError injection. Manually populate EC for an emulated SError
 	 * exception.
 	 */
-	esr |= FIELD_PREP(ESR_ELx_EC_MASK, ESR_ELx_EC_SERROR);
+	esr |= FIELD_PREP(ESR_ELx_EC_MASK, ESR_ELx_EC_SERROR) | ESR_ELx_IL;
 	return kvm_inject_nested(vcpu, esr, except_type_serror);
 }