diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
index c1e7187..a8fcec6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -4801,6 +4801,12 @@
 				goto done;
 		}
 
+		/* Instruction can only be executed in protected mode */
+		if ((ctxt->d & Prot) && ctxt->mode < X86EMUL_MODE_PROT16) {
+			rc = emulate_ud(ctxt);
+			goto done;
+		}
+
 		/* Privileged instruction can be executed only in CPL=0 */
 		if ((ctxt->d & Priv) && ops->cpl(ctxt)) {
 			if (ctxt->d & PrivUD)
@@ -4810,12 +4816,6 @@
 			goto done;
 		}
 
-		/* Instruction can only be executed in protected mode */
-		if ((ctxt->d & Prot) && ctxt->mode < X86EMUL_MODE_PROT16) {
-			rc = emulate_ud(ctxt);
-			goto done;
-		}
-
 		/* Do instruction specific permission checks */
 		if (ctxt->d & CheckPerm) {
 			rc = ctxt->check_perm(ctxt);