diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 56cae1ff9e3f..66a08322988f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -2879,6 +2879,8 @@ static int em_sysenter(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 	ops->get_msr(ctxt, MSR_IA32_SYSENTER_ESP, &msr_data);
 	*reg_write(ctxt, VCPU_REGS_RSP) = (efer & EFER_LMA) ? msr_data :
 							      (u32)msr_data;
+	if (efer & EFER_LMA)
+		ctxt->mode = X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64;
 
 	return X86EMUL_CONTINUE;
 }