diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c
index 43487f035385..7a7e425616b5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c
@@ -101,7 +101,7 @@ void kvm_arm_reset_debug_ptr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 void kvm_arm_setup_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	bool trap_debug = !(vcpu->arch.flags & KVM_ARM64_DEBUG_DIRTY);
-	unsigned long mdscr;
+	unsigned long mdscr, orig_mdcr_el2 = vcpu->arch.mdcr_el2;
 
 	trace_kvm_arm_setup_debug(vcpu, vcpu->guest_debug);
 
@@ -197,6 +197,10 @@ void kvm_arm_setup_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (vcpu_read_sys_reg(vcpu, MDSCR_EL1) & (DBG_MDSCR_KDE | DBG_MDSCR_MDE))
 		vcpu->arch.flags |= KVM_ARM64_DEBUG_DIRTY;
 
+	/* Write mdcr_el2 changes since vcpu_load on VHE systems */
+	if (has_vhe() && orig_mdcr_el2 != vcpu->arch.mdcr_el2)
+		write_sysreg(vcpu->arch.mdcr_el2, mdcr_el2);
+
 	trace_kvm_arm_set_dreg32("MDCR_EL2", vcpu->arch.mdcr_el2);
 	trace_kvm_arm_set_dreg32("MDSCR_EL1", vcpu_read_sys_reg(vcpu, MDSCR_EL1));
 }