diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index a29da44cdc6c..89eafd16f408 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -827,6 +827,24 @@ static int kvmppc_handle_exit_hv(struct kvm_run *run, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 
 	vcpu->stat.sum_exits++;
 
+	/*
+	 * This can happen if an interrupt occurs in the last stages
+	 * of guest entry or the first stages of guest exit (i.e. after
+	 * setting paca->kvm_hstate.in_guest to KVM_GUEST_MODE_GUEST_HV
+	 * and before setting it to KVM_GUEST_MODE_HOST_HV).
+	 * That can happen due to a bug, or due to a machine check
+	 * occurring at just the wrong time.
+	 */
+	if (vcpu->arch.shregs.msr & MSR_HV) {
+		printk(KERN_EMERG "KVM trap in HV mode!\n");
+		printk(KERN_EMERG "trap=0x%x | pc=0x%lx | msr=0x%llx\n",
+			vcpu->arch.trap, kvmppc_get_pc(vcpu),
+			vcpu->arch.shregs.msr);
+		kvmppc_dump_regs(vcpu);
+		run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_INTERNAL_ERROR;
+		run->hw.hardware_exit_reason = vcpu->arch.trap;
+		return RESUME_HOST;
+	}
 	run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_UNKNOWN;
 	run->ready_for_interrupt_injection = 1;
 	switch (vcpu->arch.trap) {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
index 3c6badcd53ef..b3ce8ff18195 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
@@ -2404,6 +2404,8 @@ machine_check_realmode:
 	 * guest as machine check causing guest to crash.
 	 */
 	ld	r11, VCPU_MSR(r9)
+	rldicl.	r0, r11, 64-MSR_HV_LG, 63 /* check if it happened in HV mode */
+	bne	mc_cont			/* if so, exit to host */
 	andi.	r10, r11, MSR_RI	/* check for unrecoverable exception */
 	beq	1f			/* Deliver a machine check to guest */
 	ld	r10, VCPU_PC(r9)