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diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/calling.h b/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
index 98e4d8886f11..ae9b0d4615b3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/calling.h
@@ -374,12 +374,14 @@ For 32-bit we have the following conventions - kernel is built with
* Fetch the per-CPU GSBASE value for this processor and put it in @reg.
* We normally use %gs for accessing per-CPU data, but we are setting up
* %gs here and obviously can not use %gs itself to access per-CPU data.
+ *
+ * Do not use RDPID, because KVM loads guest's TSC_AUX on vm-entry and
+ * may not restore the host's value until the CPU returns to userspace.
+ * Thus the kernel would consume a guest's TSC_AUX if an NMI arrives
+ * while running KVM's run loop.
*/
.macro GET_PERCPU_BASE reg:req
- ALTERNATIVE \
- "LOAD_CPU_AND_NODE_SEG_LIMIT \reg", \
- "RDPID \reg", \
- X86_FEATURE_RDPID
+ LOAD_CPU_AND_NODE_SEG_LIMIT \reg
andq $VDSO_CPUNODE_MASK, \reg
movq __per_cpu_offset(, \reg, 8), \reg
.endm