diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 1cdfb5d..7b27af9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -355,6 +355,7 @@
 	/* The host-usable pointer to the above */
 	struct page *current_vmcs12_page;
 	struct vmcs12 *current_vmcs12;
+	struct vmcs *current_shadow_vmcs;
 
 	/* vmcs02_list cache of VMCSs recently used to run L2 guests */
 	struct list_head vmcs02_pool;
@@ -5527,6 +5528,7 @@
 {
 	struct kvm_segment cs;
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
+	struct vmcs *shadow_vmcs;
 
 	/* The Intel VMX Instruction Reference lists a bunch of bits that
 	 * are prerequisite to running VMXON, most notably cr4.VMXE must be
@@ -5555,6 +5557,16 @@
 		skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
 		return 1;
 	}
+	if (enable_shadow_vmcs) {
+		shadow_vmcs = alloc_vmcs();
+		if (!shadow_vmcs)
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		/* mark vmcs as shadow */
+		shadow_vmcs->revision_id |= (1u << 31);
+		/* init shadow vmcs */
+		vmcs_clear(shadow_vmcs);
+		vmx->nested.current_shadow_vmcs = shadow_vmcs;
+	}
 
 	INIT_LIST_HEAD(&(vmx->nested.vmcs02_pool));
 	vmx->nested.vmcs02_num = 0;