diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 17b4e1808b8e82..85ee96abba8066 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -1574,8 +1574,9 @@ static inline int kvm_arch_flush_remote_tlb(struct kvm *kvm)
 #define kvm_arch_pmi_in_guest(vcpu) \
 	((vcpu) && (vcpu)->arch.handling_intr_from_guest)
 
-int kvm_mmu_module_init(void);
-void kvm_mmu_module_exit(void);
+void kvm_mmu_x86_module_init(void);
+int kvm_mmu_vendor_module_init(void);
+void kvm_mmu_vendor_module_exit(void);
 
 void kvm_mmu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 int kvm_mmu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
index 5628d0ba637ec0..7f009ebb319ab0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/mmu/mmu.c
@@ -6144,12 +6144,24 @@ static int set_nx_huge_pages(const char *val, const struct kernel_param *kp)
 	return 0;
 }
 
-int kvm_mmu_module_init(void)
+/*
+ * nx_huge_pages needs to be resolved to true/false when kvm.ko is loaded, as
+ * its default value of -1 is technically undefined behavior for a boolean.
+ */
+void kvm_mmu_x86_module_init(void)
 {
-	int ret = -ENOMEM;
-
 	if (nx_huge_pages == -1)
 		__set_nx_huge_pages(get_nx_auto_mode());
+}
+
+/*
+ * The bulk of the MMU initialization is deferred until the vendor module is
+ * loaded as many of the masks/values may be modified by VMX or SVM, i.e. need
+ * to be reset when a potentially different vendor module is loaded.
+ */
+int kvm_mmu_vendor_module_init(void)
+{
+	int ret = -ENOMEM;
 
 	/*
 	 * MMU roles use union aliasing which is, generally speaking, an
@@ -6197,7 +6209,7 @@ void kvm_mmu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	mmu_free_memory_caches(vcpu);
 }
 
-void kvm_mmu_module_exit(void)
+void kvm_mmu_vendor_module_exit(void)
 {
 	mmu_destroy_caches();
 	percpu_counter_destroy(&kvm_total_used_mmu_pages);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index c81ec70197fb56..05128162ebd580 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -8846,7 +8846,7 @@ int kvm_arch_init(void *opaque)
 	}
 	kvm_nr_uret_msrs = 0;
 
-	r = kvm_mmu_module_init();
+	r = kvm_mmu_vendor_module_init();
 	if (r)
 		goto out_free_percpu;
 
@@ -8894,7 +8894,7 @@ void kvm_arch_exit(void)
 	cancel_work_sync(&pvclock_gtod_work);
 #endif
 	kvm_x86_ops.hardware_enable = NULL;
-	kvm_mmu_module_exit();
+	kvm_mmu_vendor_module_exit();
 	free_percpu(user_return_msrs);
 	kmem_cache_destroy(x86_emulator_cache);
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_XEN
@@ -12887,3 +12887,19 @@ EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_vmgexit_enter);
 EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_vmgexit_exit);
 EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_vmgexit_msr_protocol_enter);
 EXPORT_TRACEPOINT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_vmgexit_msr_protocol_exit);
+
+static int __init kvm_x86_init(void)
+{
+	kvm_mmu_x86_module_init();
+	return 0;
+}
+module_init(kvm_x86_init);
+
+static void __exit kvm_x86_exit(void)
+{
+	/*
+	 * If module_init() is implemented, module_exit() must also be
+	 * implemented to allow module unload.
+	 */
+}
+module_exit(kvm_x86_exit);