diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 6aaae18f185447..24480b4f1c5754 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1760,6 +1760,9 @@ extern struct kvm_x86_ops kvm_x86_ops;
 #define KVM_X86_OP_OPTIONAL_RET0 KVM_X86_OP
 #include <asm/kvm-x86-ops.h>
 
+int kvm_x86_vendor_init(struct kvm_x86_init_ops *ops);
+void kvm_x86_vendor_exit(void);
+
 #define __KVM_HAVE_ARCH_VM_ALLOC
 static inline struct kvm *kvm_arch_alloc_vm(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 9a194aa1a75a49..a477eeecc8aa17 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -5097,15 +5097,34 @@ static struct kvm_x86_init_ops svm_init_ops __initdata = {
 
 static int __init svm_init(void)
 {
+	int r;
+
 	__unused_size_checks();
 
-	return kvm_init(&svm_init_ops, sizeof(struct vcpu_svm),
-			__alignof__(struct vcpu_svm), THIS_MODULE);
+	r = kvm_x86_vendor_init(&svm_init_ops);
+	if (r)
+		return r;
+
+	/*
+	 * Common KVM initialization _must_ come last, after this, /dev/kvm is
+	 * exposed to userspace!
+	 */
+	r = kvm_init(&svm_init_ops, sizeof(struct vcpu_svm),
+		     __alignof__(struct vcpu_svm), THIS_MODULE);
+	if (r)
+		goto err_kvm_init;
+
+	return 0;
+
+err_kvm_init:
+	kvm_x86_vendor_exit();
+	return r;
 }
 
 static void __exit svm_exit(void)
 {
 	kvm_exit();
+	kvm_x86_vendor_exit();
 }
 
 module_init(svm_init)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index aa6132047d6756..44b076b0f5a9d5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -8564,6 +8564,7 @@ static void vmx_exit(void)
 #endif
 
 	kvm_exit();
+	kvm_x86_vendor_exit();
 
 	vmx_cleanup_l1d_flush();
 
@@ -8581,23 +8582,25 @@ static int __init vmx_init(void)
 	 */
 	hv_init_evmcs();
 
+	r = kvm_x86_vendor_init(&vmx_init_ops);
+	if (r)
+		return r;
+
 	r = kvm_init(&vmx_init_ops, sizeof(struct vcpu_vmx),
 		     __alignof__(struct vcpu_vmx), THIS_MODULE);
 	if (r)
-		return r;
+		goto err_kvm_init;
 
 	/*
-	 * Must be called after kvm_init() so enable_ept is properly set
+	 * Must be called after common x86 init so enable_ept is properly set
 	 * up. Hand the parameter mitigation value in which was stored in
 	 * the pre module init parser. If no parameter was given, it will
 	 * contain 'auto' which will be turned into the default 'cond'
 	 * mitigation mode.
 	 */
 	r = vmx_setup_l1d_flush(vmentry_l1d_flush_param);
-	if (r) {
-		vmx_exit();
-		return r;
-	}
+	if (r)
+		goto err_l1d_flush;
 
 	vmx_setup_fb_clear_ctrl();
 
@@ -8622,5 +8625,11 @@ static int __init vmx_init(void)
 		allow_smaller_maxphyaddr = true;
 
 	return 0;
+
+err_l1d_flush:
+	vmx_exit();
+err_kvm_init:
+	kvm_x86_vendor_exit();
+	return r;
 }
 module_init(vmx_init);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 4aab8fa2379ae9..8e716f39659ba2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -9310,7 +9310,16 @@ static inline void kvm_ops_update(struct kvm_x86_init_ops *ops)
 
 int kvm_arch_init(void *opaque)
 {
-	struct kvm_x86_init_ops *ops = opaque;
+	return 0;
+}
+
+void kvm_arch_exit(void)
+{
+
+}
+
+int kvm_x86_vendor_init(struct kvm_x86_init_ops *ops)
+{
 	u64 host_pat;
 	int r;
 
@@ -9442,8 +9451,9 @@ int kvm_arch_init(void *opaque)
 	kmem_cache_destroy(x86_emulator_cache);
 	return r;
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_x86_vendor_init);
 
-void kvm_arch_exit(void)
+void kvm_x86_vendor_exit(void)
 {
 	kvm_unregister_perf_callbacks();
 
@@ -9473,6 +9483,7 @@ void kvm_arch_exit(void)
 	WARN_ON(static_branch_unlikely(&kvm_xen_enabled.key));
 #endif
 }
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_x86_vendor_exit);
 
 static int __kvm_emulate_halt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int state, int reason)
 {