diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 5d786d5..4cc8368 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -941,12 +941,9 @@ x86_decode_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, struct x86_emulate_ops *ops)
 	/* we cannot decode insn before we complete previous rep insn */
 	WARN_ON(ctxt->restart);
 
-	/* Shadow copy of register state. Committed on successful emulation. */
-	memset(c, 0, sizeof(struct decode_cache));
 	c->eip = ctxt->eip;
 	c->fetch.start = c->fetch.end = c->eip;
 	ctxt->cs_base = seg_base(ctxt, ops, VCPU_SREG_CS);
-	memcpy(c->regs, ctxt->vcpu->arch.regs, sizeof c->regs);
 
 	switch (mode) {
 	case X86EMUL_MODE_REAL:
@@ -2486,16 +2483,13 @@ int emulator_task_switch(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 	struct decode_cache *c = &ctxt->decode;
 	int rc;
 
-	memset(c, 0, sizeof(struct decode_cache));
 	c->eip = ctxt->eip;
-	memcpy(c->regs, ctxt->vcpu->arch.regs, sizeof c->regs);
 	c->dst.type = OP_NONE;
 
 	rc = emulator_do_task_switch(ctxt, ops, tss_selector, reason,
 				     has_error_code, error_code);
 
 	if (rc == X86EMUL_CONTINUE) {
-		memcpy(ctxt->vcpu->arch.regs, c->regs, sizeof c->regs);
 		rc = writeback(ctxt, ops);
 		if (rc == X86EMUL_CONTINUE)
 			ctxt->eip = c->eip;
@@ -2525,13 +2519,6 @@ x86_emulate_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, struct x86_emulate_ops *ops)
 	ctxt->interruptibility = 0;
 	ctxt->decode.mem_read.pos = 0;
 
-	/* Shadow copy of register state. Committed on successful emulation.
-	 * NOTE: we can copy them from vcpu as x86_decode_insn() doesn't
-	 * modify them.
-	 */
-
-	memcpy(c->regs, ctxt->vcpu->arch.regs, sizeof c->regs);
-
 	if (ctxt->mode == X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64 && (c->d & No64)) {
 		kvm_queue_exception(ctxt->vcpu, UD_VECTOR);
 		goto done;
@@ -3031,8 +3018,6 @@ writeback:
 	 * without decoding
 	 */
 	ctxt->decode.mem_read.end = 0;
-	/* Commit shadow register state. */
-	memcpy(ctxt->vcpu->arch.regs, c->regs, sizeof c->regs);
 	ctxt->eip = c->eip;
 
 done:
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 344d9dd..5fda84e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -3782,7 +3782,7 @@ int emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 			int emulation_type)
 {
 	int r, shadow_mask;
-	struct decode_cache *c;
+	struct decode_cache *c = &vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt.decode;
 
 	kvm_clear_exception_queue(vcpu);
 	vcpu->arch.mmio_fault_cr2 = cr2;
@@ -3807,13 +3807,14 @@ int emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 			? X86EMUL_MODE_VM86 : cs_l
 			? X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64 :	cs_db
 			? X86EMUL_MODE_PROT32 : X86EMUL_MODE_PROT16;
+		memset(c, 0, sizeof(struct decode_cache));
+		memcpy(c->regs, vcpu->arch.regs, sizeof c->regs);
 
 		r = x86_decode_insn(&vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt, &emulate_ops);
 		trace_kvm_emulate_insn_start(vcpu);
 
 		/* Only allow emulation of specific instructions on #UD
 		 * (namely VMMCALL, sysenter, sysexit, syscall)*/
-		c = &vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt.decode;
 		if (emulation_type & EMULTYPE_TRAP_UD) {
 			if (!c->twobyte)
 				return EMULATE_FAIL;
@@ -3854,6 +3855,10 @@ int emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		return EMULATE_DONE;
 	}
 
+	/* this is needed for vmware backdor interface to work since it
+	   changes registers values  during IO operation */
+	memcpy(c->regs, vcpu->arch.regs, sizeof c->regs);
+
 restart:
 	r = x86_emulate_insn(&vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt, &emulate_ops);
 
@@ -3874,6 +3879,7 @@ restart:
 	shadow_mask = vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt.interruptibility;
 	kvm_x86_ops->set_interrupt_shadow(vcpu, shadow_mask);
 	kvm_x86_ops->set_rflags(vcpu, vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt.eflags);
+	memcpy(vcpu->arch.regs, c->regs, sizeof c->regs);
 	kvm_rip_write(vcpu, vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt.eip);
 
 	if (vcpu->arch.pio.count) {
@@ -4857,6 +4863,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_mpstate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 int kvm_task_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u16 tss_selector, int reason,
 		    bool has_error_code, u32 error_code)
 {
+	struct decode_cache *c = &vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt.decode;
 	int cs_db, cs_l, ret;
 	cache_all_regs(vcpu);
 
@@ -4871,6 +4878,8 @@ int kvm_task_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u16 tss_selector, int reason,
 		? X86EMUL_MODE_VM86 : cs_l
 		? X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64 :	cs_db
 		? X86EMUL_MODE_PROT32 : X86EMUL_MODE_PROT16;
+	memset(c, 0, sizeof(struct decode_cache));
+	memcpy(c->regs, vcpu->arch.regs, sizeof c->regs);
 
 	ret = emulator_task_switch(&vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt, &emulate_ops,
 				   tss_selector, reason, has_error_code,
@@ -4878,7 +4887,8 @@ int kvm_task_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u16 tss_selector, int reason,
 
 	if (ret)
 		return EMULATE_FAIL;
-	
+
+	memcpy(vcpu->arch.regs, c->regs, sizeof c->regs);
 	kvm_rip_write(vcpu, vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt.eip);
 	kvm_x86_ops->set_rflags(vcpu, vcpu->arch.emulate_ctxt.eflags);
 	return EMULATE_DONE;
