1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 39171cb307ea..979869f70468 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -677,8 +677,9 @@ static int __linearize(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
                                                 addr.seg);
                 if (!usable)
                         goto bad;
-                /* code segment or read-only data segment */
-                if (((desc.type & 8) || !(desc.type & 2)) && write)
+                /* code segment in protected mode or read-only data segment */
+                if ((((ctxt->mode != X86EMUL_MODE_REAL) && (desc.type & 8))
+                                        || !(desc.type & 2)) && write)
                         goto bad;
                 /* unreadable code segment */
                 if (!fetch && (desc.type & 8) && !(desc.type & 2))