diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
index e3e04988fdab..16b10b9436dc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/sev.c
@@ -168,6 +168,9 @@ static int sev_guest_init(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_sev_cmd *argp)
 	struct kvm_sev_info *sev = &to_kvm_svm(kvm)->sev_info;
 	int asid, ret;
 
+	if (kvm->created_vcpus)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
 	ret = -EBUSY;
 	if (unlikely(sev->active))
 		return ret;