diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_exit.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_exit.c
index c9f741ab26f5..af7c4bc07929 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_exit.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_exit.c
@@ -160,6 +160,9 @@ void kvm_riscv_vcpu_trap_redirect(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 
 	/* Set Guest PC to Guest exception vector */
 	vcpu->arch.guest_context.sepc = csr_read(CSR_VSTVEC);
+
+	/* Set Guest privilege mode to supervisor */
+	vcpu->arch.guest_context.sstatus |= SR_SPP;
 }
 
 /*