diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index 46f63b8d09f43e8887c134f61e347a2181ab3ca3..8e517bba6a7c9434099139ecbb82a5017ca49cbf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -4172,6 +4172,10 @@ static int decode_operand(struct x86_emulate_ctxt *ctxt, struct operand *op,
 		break;
 	case OpMem8:
 		ctxt->memop.bytes = 1;
+		if (ctxt->memop.type == OP_REG) {
+			ctxt->memop.addr.reg = decode_register(ctxt, ctxt->modrm_rm, 1);
+			fetch_register_operand(&ctxt->memop);
+		}
 		goto mem_common;
 	case OpMem16:
 		ctxt->memop.bytes = 2;