diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 9a6664886f2e..85da72d4dc92 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -1584,7 +1584,7 @@ static int skip_emulated_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	 * i.e. we end up advancing IP with some random value.
 	 */
 	if (!static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_HYPERVISOR) ||
-	    to_vmx(vcpu)->exit_reason != EXIT_REASON_EPT_MISCONFIG) {
+	    basic(to_vmx(vcpu)->exit_reason) != EXIT_REASON_EPT_MISCONFIG) {
 		rip = kvm_rip_read(vcpu);
 		rip += vmcs_read32(VM_EXIT_INSTRUCTION_LEN);
 		kvm_rip_write(vcpu, rip);
@@ -5797,6 +5797,7 @@ static int vmx_handle_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 {
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
 	u32 exit_reason = vmx->exit_reason;
+	u16 basic_exit_reason = basic(exit_reason);
 	u32 vectoring_info = vmx->idt_vectoring_info;
 
 	trace_kvm_exit(exit_reason, vcpu, KVM_ISA_VMX);
@@ -5842,17 +5843,17 @@ static int vmx_handle_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	 * will cause infinite loop.
 	 */
 	if ((vectoring_info & VECTORING_INFO_VALID_MASK) &&
-			(exit_reason != EXIT_REASON_EXCEPTION_NMI &&
-			exit_reason != EXIT_REASON_EPT_VIOLATION &&
-			exit_reason != EXIT_REASON_PML_FULL &&
-			exit_reason != EXIT_REASON_TASK_SWITCH)) {
+			(basic_exit_reason != EXIT_REASON_EXCEPTION_NMI &&
+			 basic_exit_reason != EXIT_REASON_EPT_VIOLATION &&
+			 basic_exit_reason != EXIT_REASON_PML_FULL &&
+			 basic_exit_reason != EXIT_REASON_TASK_SWITCH)) {
 		vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR;
 		vcpu->run->internal.suberror = KVM_INTERNAL_ERROR_DELIVERY_EV;
 		vcpu->run->internal.ndata = 3;
 		vcpu->run->internal.data[0] = vectoring_info;
 		vcpu->run->internal.data[1] = exit_reason;
 		vcpu->run->internal.data[2] = vcpu->arch.exit_qualification;
-		if (exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_EPT_MISCONFIG) {
+		if (basic_exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_EPT_MISCONFIG) {
 			vcpu->run->internal.ndata++;
 			vcpu->run->internal.data[3] =
 				vmcs_read64(GUEST_PHYSICAL_ADDRESS);
@@ -5884,32 +5885,32 @@ static int vmx_handle_exit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		return 1;
 	}
 
-	if (exit_reason >= kvm_vmx_max_exit_handlers)
+	if (basic_exit_reason >= kvm_vmx_max_exit_handlers)
 		goto unexpected_vmexit;
 #ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
-	if (exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_MSR_WRITE)
+	if (basic_exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_MSR_WRITE)
 		return kvm_emulate_wrmsr(vcpu);
-	else if (exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_PREEMPTION_TIMER)
+	else if (basic_exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_PREEMPTION_TIMER)
 		return handle_preemption_timer(vcpu);
-	else if (exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_INTERRUPT_WINDOW)
+	else if (basic_exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_INTERRUPT_WINDOW)
 		return handle_interrupt_window(vcpu);
-	else if (exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT)
+	else if (basic_exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT)
 		return handle_external_interrupt(vcpu);
-	else if (exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_HLT)
+	else if (basic_exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_HLT)
 		return kvm_emulate_halt(vcpu);
-	else if (exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_EPT_MISCONFIG)
+	else if (basic_exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_EPT_MISCONFIG)
 		return handle_ept_misconfig(vcpu);
 #endif
 
-	exit_reason = array_index_nospec(exit_reason,
+	basic_exit_reason = array_index_nospec(basic_exit_reason,
 					 kvm_vmx_max_exit_handlers);
-	if (!kvm_vmx_exit_handlers[exit_reason])
+	if (!kvm_vmx_exit_handlers[basic_exit_reason])
 		goto unexpected_vmexit;
 
-	return kvm_vmx_exit_handlers[exit_reason](vcpu);
+	return kvm_vmx_exit_handlers[basic_exit_reason](vcpu);
 
 unexpected_vmexit:
-	vcpu_unimpl(vcpu, "vmx: unexpected exit reason 0x%x\n", exit_reason);
+	vcpu_unimpl(vcpu, "vmx: unexpected exit reason 0x%x\n", basic_exit_reason);
 	dump_vmcs();
 	vcpu->run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR;
 	vcpu->run->internal.suberror =
@@ -6241,13 +6242,14 @@ static void vmx_handle_exit_irqoff(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	enum exit_fastpath_completion *exit_fastpath)
 {
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
+	u16 basic_exit_reason = basic(vmx->exit_reason);
 
-	if (vmx->exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT)
+	if (basic_exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT)
 		handle_external_interrupt_irqoff(vcpu);
-	else if (vmx->exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_EXCEPTION_NMI)
+	else if (basic_exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_EXCEPTION_NMI)
 		handle_exception_nmi_irqoff(vmx);
 	else if (!is_guest_mode(vcpu) &&
-		vmx->exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_MSR_WRITE)
+		 basic_exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_MSR_WRITE)
 		*exit_fastpath = handle_fastpath_set_msr_irqoff(vcpu);
 }
 
@@ -6621,7 +6623,7 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	vmx->idt_vectoring_info = 0;
 
 	vmx->exit_reason = vmx->fail ? 0xdead : vmcs_read32(VM_EXIT_REASON);
-	if ((u16)vmx->exit_reason == EXIT_REASON_MCE_DURING_VMENTRY)
+	if (basic(vmx->exit_reason) == EXIT_REASON_MCE_DURING_VMENTRY)
 		kvm_machine_check();
 
 	if (vmx->fail || (vmx->exit_reason & VMX_EXIT_REASONS_FAILED_VMENTRY))
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
index 7f42cf3dcd70..c6ba33eedb59 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ extern u32 get_umwait_control_msr(void);
 
 #define X2APIC_MSR(r) (APIC_BASE_MSR + ((r) >> 4))
 
+#define basic(exit_reason) ((u16)(exit_reason))
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64
 #define NR_SHARED_MSRS	7
 #else
