diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 296e289472a2d7372ec13f2fcfcbb7f921b43283..5a49156c95408d02e98325190a56f02bad63581d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -5140,12 +5140,11 @@ void init_decode_cache(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 	ctxt->mem_read.end = 0;
 }
 
-int x86_emulate_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
+int x86_emulate_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, bool check_intercepts)
 {
 	const struct x86_emulate_ops *ops = ctxt->ops;
 	int rc = X86EMUL_CONTINUE;
 	int saved_dst_type = ctxt->dst.type;
-	bool is_guest_mode = ctxt->ops->is_guest_mode(ctxt);
 
 	ctxt->mem_read.pos = 0;
 
@@ -5193,7 +5192,7 @@ int x86_emulate_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 				fetch_possible_mmx_operand(&ctxt->dst);
 		}
 
-		if (unlikely(is_guest_mode) && ctxt->intercept) {
+		if (unlikely(check_intercepts) && ctxt->intercept) {
 			rc = emulator_check_intercept(ctxt, ctxt->intercept,
 						      X86_ICPT_PRE_EXCEPT);
 			if (rc != X86EMUL_CONTINUE)
@@ -5222,7 +5221,7 @@ int x86_emulate_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 				goto done;
 		}
 
-		if (unlikely(is_guest_mode) && (ctxt->d & Intercept)) {
+		if (unlikely(check_intercepts) && (ctxt->d & Intercept)) {
 			rc = emulator_check_intercept(ctxt, ctxt->intercept,
 						      X86_ICPT_POST_EXCEPT);
 			if (rc != X86EMUL_CONTINUE)
@@ -5276,7 +5275,7 @@ int x86_emulate_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 
 special_insn:
 
-	if (unlikely(is_guest_mode) && (ctxt->d & Intercept)) {
+	if (unlikely(check_intercepts) && (ctxt->d & Intercept)) {
 		rc = emulator_check_intercept(ctxt, ctxt->intercept,
 					      X86_ICPT_POST_MEMACCESS);
 		if (rc != X86EMUL_CONTINUE)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_emulate.h b/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_emulate.h
index c224cf4126f28dc157897fcf754887ca20f9bd83..c74d20a14246c2f97597dfc4f1c0c822c194b0a9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_emulate.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/kvm_emulate.h
@@ -228,7 +228,6 @@ struct x86_emulate_ops {
 	void (*set_nmi_mask)(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, bool masked);
 
 	bool (*is_smm)(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt);
-	bool (*is_guest_mode)(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt);
 	int (*leave_smm)(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt);
 	void (*triple_fault)(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt);
 	int (*set_xcr)(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, u32 index, u64 xcr);
@@ -512,7 +511,7 @@ bool x86_page_table_writing_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt);
 #define EMULATION_RESTART 1
 #define EMULATION_INTERCEPTED 2
 void init_decode_cache(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt);
-int x86_emulate_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt);
+int x86_emulate_insn(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, bool check_intercepts);
 int emulator_task_switch(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 			 u16 tss_selector, int idt_index, int reason,
 			 bool has_error_code, u32 error_code);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index c30e3e9d60f717bb5d40894c9d382506eb046a4c..7a98760a4c030ec12b63407c52bf14d95ed07035 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -8454,11 +8454,6 @@ static bool emulator_is_smm(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 	return is_smm(emul_to_vcpu(ctxt));
 }
 
-static bool emulator_is_guest_mode(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
-{
-	return is_guest_mode(emul_to_vcpu(ctxt));
-}
-
 #ifndef CONFIG_KVM_SMM
 static int emulator_leave_smm(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt)
 {
@@ -8540,7 +8535,6 @@ static const struct x86_emulate_ops emulate_ops = {
 	.guest_has_rdpid     = emulator_guest_has_rdpid,
 	.set_nmi_mask        = emulator_set_nmi_mask,
 	.is_smm              = emulator_is_smm,
-	.is_guest_mode       = emulator_is_guest_mode,
 	.leave_smm           = emulator_leave_smm,
 	.triple_fault        = emulator_triple_fault,
 	.set_xcr             = emulator_set_xcr,
@@ -9160,7 +9154,14 @@ int x86_emulate_instruction(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, gpa_t cr2_or_gpa,
 		ctxt->exception.address = 0;
 	}
 
-	r = x86_emulate_insn(ctxt);
+	/*
+	 * Check L1's instruction intercepts when emulating instructions for
+	 * L2, unless KVM is re-emulating a previously decoded instruction,
+	 * e.g. to complete userspace I/O, in which case KVM has already
+	 * checked the intercepts.
+	 */
+	r = x86_emulate_insn(ctxt, is_guest_mode(vcpu) &&
+				   !(emulation_type & EMULTYPE_NO_DECODE));
 
 	if (r == EMULATION_INTERCEPTED)
 		return 1;