diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
index 3066328..779a587 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_emulate.h
@@ -127,10 +127,14 @@
 
 static inline bool vcpu_mode_priv(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	u32 mode = *vcpu_cpsr(vcpu) & PSR_MODE_MASK;
+	u32 mode;
 
-	if (vcpu_mode_is_32bit(vcpu))
+	if (vcpu_mode_is_32bit(vcpu)) {
+		mode = *vcpu_cpsr(vcpu) & COMPAT_PSR_MODE_MASK;
 		return mode > COMPAT_PSR_MODE_USR;
+	}
+
+	mode = *vcpu_cpsr(vcpu) & PSR_MODE_MASK;
 
 	return mode != PSR_MODE_EL0t;
 }