diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
index 0e75170..4731f0c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/msr-index.h
@@ -70,6 +70,7 @@
 #define MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES	0x0000010a
 #define ARCH_CAP_RDCL_NO		(1 << 0)   /* Not susceptible to Meltdown */
 #define ARCH_CAP_IBRS_ALL		(1 << 1)   /* Enhanced IBRS support */
+#define ARCH_CAP_SKIP_VMENTRY_L1DFLUSH	(1 << 3)   /* Skip L1D flush on vmentry */
 #define ARCH_CAP_SSB_NO			(1 << 4)   /*
 						    * Not susceptible to Speculative Store Bypass
 						    * attack, so no Speculative Store Bypass
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
index 91241cc..95f9107 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/vmx.h
@@ -582,6 +582,7 @@ enum vmx_l1d_flush_state {
 	VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_COND,
 	VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_ALWAYS,
 	VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_EPT_DISABLED,
+	VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_NOT_REQUIRED,
 };
 
 extern enum vmx_l1d_flush_state l1tf_vmx_mitigation;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 3b9c980..54094c9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -731,6 +731,7 @@ static const char *l1tf_vmx_states[] = {
 	[VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_COND]		= "conditional cache flushes",
 	[VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_ALWAYS]		= "cache flushes",
 	[VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_EPT_DISABLED]	= "EPT disabled",
+	[VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_NOT_REQUIRED]	= "flush not necessary"
 };
 
 static ssize_t l1tf_show_state(char *buf)
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index d011222..e5432b1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -218,6 +218,16 @@ static int vmx_setup_l1d_flush(enum vmx_l1d_flush_state l1tf)
 		return 0;
 	}
 
+       if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_ARCH_CAPABILITIES)) {
+	       u64 msr;
+
+	       rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_ARCH_CAPABILITIES, msr);
+	       if (msr & ARCH_CAP_SKIP_VMENTRY_L1DFLUSH) {
+		       l1tf_vmx_mitigation = VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_NOT_REQUIRED;
+		       return 0;
+	       }
+       }
+
 	/* If set to auto use the default l1tf mitigation method */
 	if (l1tf == VMENTER_L1D_FLUSH_AUTO) {
 		switch (l1tf_mitigation) {