diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
index e28ab0ecc537..0fdc807ae13f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/fpu/core.c
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
 #include <asm/traps.h>
 #include <asm/irq_regs.h>
 
+#include <uapi/asm/kvm.h>
+
 #include <linux/hardirq.h>
 #include <linux/pkeys.h>
 #include <linux/vmalloc.h>
@@ -232,7 +234,20 @@ bool fpu_alloc_guest_fpstate(struct fpu_guest *gfpu)
 	gfpu->fpstate		= fpstate;
 	gfpu->xfeatures		= fpu_user_cfg.default_features;
 	gfpu->perm		= fpu_user_cfg.default_features;
-	gfpu->uabi_size		= fpu_user_cfg.default_size;
+
+	/*
+	 * KVM sets the FP+SSE bits in the XSAVE header when copying FPU state
+	 * to userspace, even when XSAVE is unsupported, so that restoring FPU
+	 * state on a different CPU that does support XSAVE can cleanly load
+	 * the incoming state using its natural XSAVE.  In other words, KVM's
+	 * uABI size may be larger than this host's default size.  Conversely,
+	 * the default size should never be larger than KVM's base uABI size;
+	 * all features that can expand the uABI size must be opt-in.
+	 */
+	gfpu->uabi_size		= sizeof(struct kvm_xsave);
+	if (WARN_ON_ONCE(fpu_user_cfg.default_size > gfpu->uabi_size))
+		gfpu->uabi_size = fpu_user_cfg.default_size;
+
 	fpu_init_guest_permissions(gfpu);
 
 	return true;