diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
index 2a69046cc38c..c01468ccefc1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/cpu/bugs.c
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@ DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(switch_mm_always_ibpb);
 
 /* Control MDS CPU buffer clear before returning to user space */
 DEFINE_STATIC_KEY_FALSE(mds_user_clear);
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mds_user_clear);
 
 void __init check_bugs(void)
 {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 215339c7d161..e9bf477209dc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -10765,8 +10765,11 @@ static void __noclone vmx_vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	evmcs_rsp = static_branch_unlikely(&enable_evmcs) ?
 		(unsigned long)&current_evmcs->host_rsp : 0;
 
+	/* L1D Flush includes CPU buffer clear to mitigate MDS */
 	if (static_branch_unlikely(&vmx_l1d_should_flush))
 		vmx_l1d_flush(vcpu);
+	else if (static_branch_unlikely(&mds_user_clear))
+		mds_clear_cpu_buffers();
 
 	asm(
 		/* Store host registers */