diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 78f779f0264b..9cf1ba865562 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -6489,6 +6489,62 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_set_msr_filter(struct kvm *kvm,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM_COMPAT
+/* for KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER */
+struct kvm_msr_filter_range_compat {
+	__u32 flags;
+	__u32 nmsrs;
+	__u32 base;
+	__u32 bitmap;
+};
+
+struct kvm_msr_filter_compat {
+	__u32 flags;
+	struct kvm_msr_filter_range_compat ranges[KVM_MSR_FILTER_MAX_RANGES];
+};
+
+#define KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER_COMPAT _IOW(KVMIO, 0xc6, struct kvm_msr_filter_compat)
+
+long kvm_arch_vm_compat_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl,
+			      unsigned long arg)
+{
+	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
+	struct kvm *kvm = filp->private_data;
+	long r = -ENOTTY;
+
+	switch (ioctl) {
+	case KVM_X86_SET_MSR_FILTER_COMPAT: {
+		struct kvm_msr_filter __user *user_msr_filter = argp;
+		struct kvm_msr_filter_compat filter_compat;
+		struct kvm_msr_filter filter;
+		int i;
+
+		if (copy_from_user(&filter_compat, user_msr_filter,
+				   sizeof(filter_compat)))
+			return -EFAULT;
+
+		filter.flags = filter_compat.flags;
+		for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(filter.ranges); i++) {
+			struct kvm_msr_filter_range_compat *cr;
+
+			cr = &filter_compat.ranges[i];
+			filter.ranges[i] = (struct kvm_msr_filter_range) {
+				.flags = cr->flags,
+				.nmsrs = cr->nmsrs,
+				.base = cr->base,
+				.bitmap = (__u8 *)(ulong)cr->bitmap,
+			};
+		}
+
+		r = kvm_vm_ioctl_set_msr_filter(kvm, &filter);
+		break;
+	}
+	}
+
+	return r;
+}
+#endif
+
 #ifdef CONFIG_HAVE_KVM_PM_NOTIFIER
 static int kvm_arch_suspend_notifier(struct kvm *kvm)
 {