diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
index 6fbcb48d5a9b..a6f695d76928 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu.c
@@ -1815,6 +1815,9 @@ static int set_spte(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *sptep,
 
 		spte |= PT_WRITABLE_MASK;
 
+		if (!tdp_enabled && !(pte_access & ACC_WRITE_MASK))
+			spte &= ~PT_USER_MASK;
+
 		/*
 		 * Optimization: for pte sync, if spte was writable the hash
 		 * lookup is unnecessary (and expensive). Write protection