diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
index 13036cf0b912..ea7c593794d2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/cpuid.c
@@ -402,7 +402,8 @@ void kvm_set_cpu_caps(void)
 		F(AVX512VBMI) | F(LA57) | F(PKU) | 0 /*OSPKE*/ | F(RDPID) |
 		F(AVX512_VPOPCNTDQ) | F(UMIP) | F(AVX512_VBMI2) | F(GFNI) |
 		F(VAES) | F(VPCLMULQDQ) | F(AVX512_VNNI) | F(AVX512_BITALG) |
-		F(CLDEMOTE) | F(MOVDIRI) | F(MOVDIR64B) | 0 /*WAITPKG*/
+		F(CLDEMOTE) | F(MOVDIRI) | F(MOVDIR64B) | 0 /*WAITPKG*/ |
+		F(BUS_LOCK_DETECT)
 	);
 	/* Set LA57 based on hardware capability. */
 	if (cpuid_ecx(7) & F(LA57))
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 13c9bcc4d9d9..39f28f90bbb4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -147,6 +147,9 @@ module_param(allow_smaller_maxphyaddr, bool, S_IRUGO);
 	RTIT_STATUS_ERROR | RTIT_STATUS_STOPPED | \
 	RTIT_STATUS_BYTECNT))
 
+#define MSR_VMX_SUPPORTED_DEBUGCTL (DEBUGCTLMSR_LBR | \
+	DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF | DEBUGCTLMSR_BUS_LOCK_DETECT)
+
 /*
  * List of MSRs that can be directly passed to the guest.
  * In addition to these x2apic and PT MSRs are handled specially.
@@ -1924,6 +1927,9 @@ static int vmx_get_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 		    !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_RDTSCP))
 			return 1;
 		goto find_uret_msr;
+	case MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR:
+		msr_info->data = vmcs_read64(GUEST_IA32_DEBUGCTL);
+		break;
 	default:
 	find_uret_msr:
 		msr = vmx_find_uret_msr(vmx, msr_info->index);
@@ -2002,9 +2008,22 @@ static int vmx_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 						VM_EXIT_SAVE_DEBUG_CONTROLS)
 			get_vmcs12(vcpu)->guest_ia32_debugctl = data;
 
-		ret = kvm_set_msr_common(vcpu, msr_info);
-		break;
+		if (data & ~MSR_VMX_SUPPORTED_DEBUGCTL)
+			return 1;
 
+		if (!msr_info->host_initiated &&
+		    (data & DEBUGCTLMSR_BUS_LOCK_DETECT) &&
+		    !guest_cpuid_has(vcpu, X86_FEATURE_BUS_LOCK_DETECT))
+			return 1;
+
+		if (data & (DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF|DEBUGCTLMSR_LBR)) {
+			if (report_ignored_msrs)
+				vcpu_unimpl(vcpu, "%s: BTF|LBR in IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR 0x%llx, nop\n",
+					    __func__, data);
+			data &= ~(DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF|DEBUGCTLMSR_LBR);
+		}
+		vmcs_write64(GUEST_IA32_DEBUGCTL, data);
+		return 0;
 	case MSR_IA32_BNDCFGS:
 		if (!kvm_mpx_supported() ||
 		    (!msr_info->host_initiated &&
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 06de2b9e57f3..d4a601482794 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -116,8 +116,9 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_x86_ops);
 static bool __read_mostly ignore_msrs = 0;
 module_param(ignore_msrs, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 
-static bool __read_mostly report_ignored_msrs = true;
+bool __read_mostly report_ignored_msrs = true;
 module_param(report_ignored_msrs, bool, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(report_ignored_msrs);
 
 unsigned int min_timer_period_us = 200;
 module_param(min_timer_period_us, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
@@ -3067,18 +3068,6 @@ int kvm_set_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 			return 1;
 		}
 		break;
-	case MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR:
-		if (!data) {
-			/* We support the non-activated case already */
-			break;
-		} else if (data & ~(DEBUGCTLMSR_LBR | DEBUGCTLMSR_BTF)) {
-			/* Values other than LBR and BTF are vendor-specific,
-			   thus reserved and should throw a #GP */
-			return 1;
-		} else if (report_ignored_msrs)
-			vcpu_unimpl(vcpu, "%s: MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR 0x%llx, nop\n",
-				    __func__, data);
-		break;
 	case 0x200 ... 0x2ff:
 		return kvm_mtrr_set_msr(vcpu, msr, data);
 	case MSR_IA32_APICBASE:
@@ -3351,7 +3340,6 @@ int kvm_get_msr_common(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct msr_data *msr_info)
 	switch (msr_info->index) {
 	case MSR_IA32_PLATFORM_ID:
 	case MSR_IA32_EBL_CR_POWERON:
-	case MSR_IA32_DEBUGCTLMSR:
 	case MSR_IA32_LASTBRANCHFROMIP:
 	case MSR_IA32_LASTBRANCHTOIP:
 	case MSR_IA32_LASTINTFROMIP:
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
index c5ee0f5ce0f1..f13aa386e536 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
@@ -296,6 +296,8 @@ extern int pi_inject_timer;
 
 extern struct static_key kvm_no_apic_vcpu;
 
+extern bool report_ignored_msrs;
+
 static inline u64 nsec_to_cycles(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 nsec)
 {
 	return pvclock_scale_delta(nsec, vcpu->arch.virtual_tsc_mult,
