diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 39171cb307ea..979869f70468 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -677,8 +677,9 @@ static int __linearize(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt,
 						addr.seg);
 		if (!usable)
 			goto bad;
-		/* code segment or read-only data segment */
-		if (((desc.type & 8) || !(desc.type & 2)) && write)
+		/* code segment in protected mode or read-only data segment */
+		if ((((ctxt->mode != X86EMUL_MODE_REAL) && (desc.type & 8))
+					|| !(desc.type & 2)) && write)
 			goto bad;
 		/* unreadable code segment */
 		if (!fetch && (desc.type & 8) && !(desc.type & 2))