diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
index 3e8c287..0559626 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
@@ -221,6 +221,9 @@ struct x86_emulate_ops {
 	void (*get_cpuid)(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 			  u32 *eax, u32 *ebx, u32 *ecx, u32 *edx);
 	void (*set_nmi_mask)(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, bool masked);
+
+	unsigned (*get_hflags)(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt);
+	void (*set_hflags)(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, unsigned hflags);
 };
 
 typedef u32 __attribute__((vector_size(16))) sse128_t;
@@ -290,7 +293,6 @@ struct x86_emulate_ctxt {
 
 	/* interruptibility state, as a result of execution of STI or MOV SS */
 	int interruptibility;
-	int emul_flags;
 
 	bool perm_ok; /* do not check permissions if true */
 	bool ud;	/* inject an #UD if host doesn't support insn */
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 45c7306..6a61936 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -2547,7 +2547,7 @@ static int em_rsm(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 	u64 smbase;
 	int ret;
 
-	if ((ctxt->emul_flags & X86EMUL_SMM_MASK) == 0)
+	if ((ctxt->ops->get_hflags(ctxt) & X86EMUL_SMM_MASK) == 0)
 		return emulate_ud(ctxt);
 
 	/*
@@ -2596,11 +2596,12 @@ static int em_rsm(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 		return X86EMUL_UNHANDLEABLE;
 	}
 
-	if ((ctxt->emul_flags & X86EMUL_SMM_INSIDE_NMI_MASK) == 0)
+	if ((ctxt->ops->get_hflags(ctxt) & X86EMUL_SMM_INSIDE_NMI_MASK) == 0)
 		ctxt->ops->set_nmi_mask(ctxt, false);
 
-	ctxt->emul_flags &= ~X86EMUL_SMM_INSIDE_NMI_MASK;
-	ctxt->emul_flags &= ~X86EMUL_SMM_MASK;
+	ctxt->ops->set_hflags(ctxt, ctxt->ops->get_hflags(ctxt) &
+		~X86EMUL_SMM_INSIDE_NMI_MASK &
+		~X86EMUL_SMM_MASK);
 	return X86EMUL_CONTINUE;
 }
 
@@ -5316,6 +5317,7 @@ int x86_emulate_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 	const struct x86_emulate_ops *ops = ctxt->ops;
 	int rc = X86EMUL_CONTINUE;
 	int saved_dst_type = ctxt->dst.type;
+	unsigned emul_flags;
 
 	ctxt->mem_read.pos = 0;
 
@@ -5330,6 +5332,7 @@ int x86_emulate_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 		goto done;
 	}
 
+	emul_flags = ctxt->ops->get_hflags(ctxt);
 	if (unlikely(ctxt->d &
 		     (No64|Undefined|Sse|Mmx|Intercept|CheckPerm|Priv|Prot|String))) {
 		if ((ctxt->mode == X86EMUL_MODE_PROT64 && (ctxt->d & No64)) ||
@@ -5363,7 +5366,7 @@ int x86_emulate_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 				fetch_possible_mmx_operand(ctxt, &ctxt->dst);
 		}
 
-		if (unlikely(ctxt->emul_flags & X86EMUL_GUEST_MASK) && ctxt->intercept) {
+		if (unlikely(emul_flags & X86EMUL_GUEST_MASK) && ctxt->intercept) {
 			rc = emulator_check_intercept(ctxt, ctxt->intercept,
 						      X86_ICPT_PRE_EXCEPT);
 			if (rc != X86EMUL_CONTINUE)
@@ -5392,7 +5395,7 @@ int x86_emulate_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 				goto done;
 		}
 
-		if (unlikely(ctxt->emul_flags & X86EMUL_GUEST_MASK) && (ctxt->d & Intercept)) {
+		if (unlikely(emul_flags & X86EMUL_GUEST_MASK) && (ctxt->d & Intercept)) {
 			rc = emulator_check_intercept(ctxt, ctxt->intercept,
 						      X86_ICPT_POST_EXCEPT);
 			if (rc != X86EMUL_CONTINUE)
@@ -5446,7 +5449,7 @@ int x86_emulate_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 
 special_insn:
 
-	if (unlikely(ctxt->emul_flags & X86EMUL_GUEST_MASK) && (ctxt->d & Intercept)) {
+	if (unlikely(emul_flags & X86EMUL_GUEST_MASK) && (ctxt->d & Intercept)) {
 		rc = emulator_check_intercept(ctxt, ctxt->intercept,
 					      X86_ICPT_POST_MEMACCESS);
 		if (rc != X86EMUL_CONTINUE)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index ccbd45e..642223d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -5223,6 +5223,16 @@ static void emulator_set_nmi_mask(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, bool masked)
 	kvm_x86_ops->set_nmi_mask(emul_to_vcpu(ctxt), masked);
 }
 
+static unsigned emulator_get_hflags(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
+{
+	return emul_to_vcpu(ctxt)->arch.hflags;
+}
+
+static void emulator_set_hflags(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, unsigned emul_flags)
+{
+	kvm_set_hflags(emul_to_vcpu(ctxt), emul_flags);
+}
+
 static const struct x86_emulate_ops emulate_ops = {
 	.read_gpr            = emulator_read_gpr,
 	.write_gpr           = emulator_write_gpr,
@@ -5262,6 +5272,8 @@ static const struct x86_emulate_ops emulate_ops = {
 	.intercept           = emulator_intercept,
 	.get_cpuid           = emulator_get_cpuid,
 	.set_nmi_mask        = emulator_set_nmi_mask,
+	.get_hflags          = emulator_get_hflags,
+	.set_hflags          = emulator_set_hflags,
 };
 
 static void toggle_interruptibility(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 mask)
@@ -5314,7 +5326,6 @@ static void init_emulate_ctxt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(HF_GUEST_MASK != X86EMUL_GUEST_MASK);
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(HF_SMM_MASK != X86EMUL_SMM_MASK);
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(HF_SMM_INSIDE_NMI_MASK != X86EMUL_SMM_INSIDE_NMI_MASK);
-	ctxt->emul_flags = vcpu->arch.hflags;
 
 	init_decode_cache(ctxt);
 	vcpu->arch.emulate_regs_need_sync_from_vcpu = false;
@@ -5718,8 +5729,6 @@ int x86_emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		unsigned long rflags = kvm_x86_ops->get_rflags(vcpu);
 		toggle_interruptibility(vcpu, ctxt->interruptibility);
 		vcpu->arch.emulate_regs_need_sync_to_vcpu = false;
-		if (vcpu->arch.hflags != ctxt->emul_flags)
-			kvm_set_hflags(vcpu, ctxt->emul_flags);
 		kvm_rip_write(vcpu, ctxt->eip);
 		if (r == EMULATE_DONE)
 			kvm_vcpu_check_singlestep(vcpu, rflags, &r);
