diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 4d0aa31a42ba..2ac116417583 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -3788,20 +3788,21 @@ static int vmx_set_cr4(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long cr4)
 		if (!is_paging(vcpu)) {
 			hw_cr4 &= ~X86_CR4_PAE;
 			hw_cr4 |= X86_CR4_PSE;
-			/*
-			 * SMEP/SMAP is disabled if CPU is in non-paging mode
-			 * in hardware. However KVM always uses paging mode to
-			 * emulate guest non-paging mode with TDP.
-			 * To emulate this behavior, SMEP/SMAP needs to be
-			 * manually disabled when guest switches to non-paging
-			 * mode.
-			 */
-			hw_cr4 &= ~(X86_CR4_SMEP | X86_CR4_SMAP);
 		} else if (!(cr4 & X86_CR4_PAE)) {
 			hw_cr4 &= ~X86_CR4_PAE;
 		}
 	}
 
+	if (!enable_unrestricted_guest && !is_paging(vcpu))
+		/*
+		 * SMEP/SMAP is disabled if CPU is in non-paging mode in
+		 * hardware.  However KVM always uses paging mode without
+		 * unrestricted guest.
+		 * To emulate this behavior, SMEP/SMAP needs to be manually
+		 * disabled when guest switches to non-paging mode.
+		 */
+		hw_cr4 &= ~(X86_CR4_SMEP | X86_CR4_SMAP);
+
 	vmcs_writel(CR4_READ_SHADOW, cr4);
 	vmcs_writel(GUEST_CR4, hw_cr4);
 	return 0;