diff --git a/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h b/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
index 47104e5b47fd..436ec7636927 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/uapi/asm/kvm.h
@@ -231,6 +231,12 @@ struct kvm_guest_debug_arch {
 #define KVM_SYNC_GSCB   (1UL << 9)
 #define KVM_SYNC_BPBC   (1UL << 10)
 #define KVM_SYNC_ETOKEN (1UL << 11)
+
+#define KVM_SYNC_S390_VALID_FIELDS \
+	(KVM_SYNC_PREFIX | KVM_SYNC_GPRS | KVM_SYNC_ACRS | KVM_SYNC_CRS | \
+	 KVM_SYNC_ARCH0 | KVM_SYNC_PFAULT | KVM_SYNC_VRS | KVM_SYNC_RICCB | \
+	 KVM_SYNC_FPRS | KVM_SYNC_GSCB | KVM_SYNC_BPBC | KVM_SYNC_ETOKEN)
+
 /* length and alignment of the sdnx as a power of two */
 #define SDNXC 8
 #define SDNXL (1UL << SDNXC)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index d41c091546b7..a3d4527ac23b 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -4008,6 +4008,10 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *kvm_run)
 	if (kvm_run->immediate_exit)
 		return -EINTR;
 
+	if (kvm_run->kvm_valid_regs & ~KVM_SYNC_S390_VALID_FIELDS ||
+	    kvm_run->kvm_dirty_regs & ~KVM_SYNC_S390_VALID_FIELDS)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	vcpu_load(vcpu);
 
 	if (guestdbg_exit_pending(vcpu)) {