diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 0920499..8e1ae71 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -10525,6 +10525,11 @@ static int prepare_vmcs02(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vmcs12 *vmcs12,
 	if (exec_control & CPU_BASED_TPR_SHADOW) {
 		vmcs_write64(VIRTUAL_APIC_PAGE_ADDR, -1ull);
 		vmcs_write32(TPR_THRESHOLD, vmcs12->tpr_threshold);
+	} else {
+#ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
+		exec_control |= CPU_BASED_CR8_LOAD_EXITING |
+				CPU_BASED_CR8_STORE_EXITING;
+#endif
 	}
 
 	/*