diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index c0da4dd78ac592..5bbf76189afa4e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -1090,7 +1090,7 @@ static void init_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	svm->nested.vmcb = 0;
 	svm->vcpu.arch.hflags = 0;
 
-	if (pause_filter_count) {
+	if (!kvm_pause_in_guest(svm->vcpu.kvm)) {
 		control->pause_filter_count = pause_filter_count;
 		if (pause_filter_thresh)
 			control->pause_filter_thresh = pause_filter_thresh;
@@ -2693,7 +2693,7 @@ static int pause_interception(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = &svm->vcpu;
 	bool in_kernel = (svm_get_cpl(vcpu) == 0);
 
-	if (pause_filter_thresh)
+	if (!kvm_pause_in_guest(vcpu->kvm))
 		grow_ple_window(vcpu);
 
 	kvm_vcpu_on_spin(vcpu, in_kernel);
@@ -3780,7 +3780,7 @@ static void svm_handle_exit_irqoff(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 static void svm_sched_in(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
 {
-	if (pause_filter_thresh)
+	if (!kvm_pause_in_guest(vcpu->kvm))
 		shrink_ple_window(vcpu);
 }
 
@@ -3958,6 +3958,9 @@ static void svm_vm_destroy(struct kvm *kvm)
 
 static int svm_vm_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
+	if (!pause_filter_count || !pause_filter_thresh)
+		kvm->arch.pause_in_guest = true;
+
 	if (avic) {
 		int ret = avic_vm_init(kvm);
 		if (ret)