diff --git a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_apic.c b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_apic.c
index 5c056b8aebef..e01078e93dd3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_apic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/hyperv/hv_apic.c
@@ -260,11 +260,21 @@ void __init hv_apic_init(void)
 	}
 
 	if (ms_hyperv.hints & HV_X64_APIC_ACCESS_RECOMMENDED) {
-		pr_info("Hyper-V: Using MSR based APIC access\n");
+		pr_info("Hyper-V: Using enlightened APIC (%s mode)",
+			x2apic_enabled() ? "x2apic" : "xapic");
+		/*
+		 * With x2apic, architectural x2apic MSRs are equivalent to the
+		 * respective synthetic MSRs, so there's no need to override
+		 * the apic accessors.  The only exception is
+		 * hv_apic_eoi_write, because it benefits from lazy EOI when
+		 * available, but it works for both xapic and x2apic modes.
+		 */
 		apic_set_eoi_write(hv_apic_eoi_write);
-		apic->read      = hv_apic_read;
-		apic->write     = hv_apic_write;
-		apic->icr_write = hv_apic_icr_write;
-		apic->icr_read  = hv_apic_icr_read;
+		if (!x2apic_enabled()) {
+			apic->read      = hv_apic_read;
+			apic->write     = hv_apic_write;
+			apic->icr_write = hv_apic_icr_write;
+			apic->icr_read  = hv_apic_icr_read;
+		}
 	}
 }