diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 1505587..b9b09fe 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -650,10 +650,10 @@
 	u16 sel;
 
 	la = seg_base(ctxt, addr.seg) + addr.ea;
-	*linear = la;
 	*max_size = 0;
 	switch (mode) {
 	case X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64:
+		*linear = la;
 		if (is_noncanonical_address(la))
 			goto bad;
 
@@ -662,6 +662,7 @@
 			goto bad;
 		break;
 	default:
+		*linear = la = (u32)la;
 		usable = ctxt->ops->get_segment(ctxt, &sel, &desc, NULL,
 						addr.seg);
 		if (!usable)
@@ -689,7 +690,6 @@
 			if (size > *max_size)
 				goto bad;
 		}
-		la &= (u32)-1;
 		break;
 	}
 	if (insn_aligned(ctxt, size) && ((la & (size - 1)) != 0))