diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 848956bb3cf1..e8dcbc632cf8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1777,6 +1777,7 @@ int kvm_pv_send_ipi(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long ipi_bitmap_low,
 		    unsigned long icr, int op_64_bit);
 
 void kvm_define_user_return_msr(unsigned index, u32 msr);
+int kvm_probe_user_return_msr(u32 msr);
 int kvm_set_user_return_msr(unsigned index, u64 val, u64 mask);
 
 u64 kvm_scale_tsc(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 tsc);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 4a625c748275..11ff9c3d95d5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -6914,12 +6914,9 @@ static int vmx_create_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(vmx_uret_msrs_list); ++i) {
 		u32 index = vmx_uret_msrs_list[i];
-		u32 data_low, data_high;
 		int j = vmx->nr_uret_msrs;
 
-		if (rdmsr_safe(index, &data_low, &data_high) < 0)
-			continue;
-		if (wrmsr_safe(index, data_low, data_high) < 0)
+		if (kvm_probe_user_return_msr(index))
 			continue;
 
 		vmx->guest_uret_msrs[j].slot = i;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 102f116d9bb4..bd90c73c37b4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -339,6 +339,22 @@ static void kvm_on_user_return(struct user_return_notifier *urn)
 	}
 }
 
+int kvm_probe_user_return_msr(u32 msr)
+{
+	u64 val;
+	int ret;
+
+	preempt_disable();
+	ret = rdmsrl_safe(msr, &val);
+	if (ret)
+		goto out;
+	ret = wrmsrl_safe(msr, val);
+out:
+	preempt_enable();
+	return ret;
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_probe_user_return_msr);
+
 void kvm_define_user_return_msr(unsigned slot, u32 msr)
 {
 	BUG_ON(slot >= KVM_MAX_NR_USER_RETURN_MSRS);