diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 41abc62c9a8a..e76eb4f07f6c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -2610,7 +2610,7 @@ static int nested_check_vm_entry_controls(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 
 		/* VM-entry exception error code */
 		if (CC(has_error_code &&
-		       vmcs12->vm_entry_exception_error_code & GENMASK(31, 15)))
+		       vmcs12->vm_entry_exception_error_code & GENMASK(31, 16)))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		/* VM-entry interruption-info field: reserved bits */