diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index be451ee44..9b96953 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -1591,6 +1591,8 @@
 
 	if (cpuid->nent < 1)
 		goto out;
+	if (cpuid->nent > KVM_MAX_CPUID_ENTRIES)
+		cpuid->nent = KVM_MAX_CPUID_ENTRIES;
 	r = -ENOMEM;
 	cpuid_entries = vmalloc(sizeof(struct kvm_cpuid_entry2) * cpuid->nent);
 	if (!cpuid_entries)