diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index aae43c6f24721e748451aea69d9c138c4be58f61..c41d7ffdda5ae6fa061205885da0bd55027c3c1f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -7122,7 +7122,7 @@ static int nested_vmx_check_vmptr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int exit_reason,
 
 		if (vmptr == vmx->nested.vmxon_ptr) {
 			nested_vmx_failValid(vcpu,
-					     VMXERR_VMCLEAR_VMXON_POINTER);
+					     VMXERR_VMPTRLD_VMXON_POINTER);
 			return kvm_skip_emulated_instruction(vcpu);
 		}
 		break;