diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index ec389a6..06746c0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -2626,6 +2626,8 @@
 		break;
 	case MSR_IA32_CR_PAT:
 		if (vmcs_config.vmentry_ctrl & VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PAT) {
+			if (!kvm_mtrr_valid(vcpu, MSR_IA32_CR_PAT, data))
+				return 1;
 			vmcs_write64(GUEST_IA32_PAT, data);
 			vcpu->arch.pat = data;
 			break;