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;
        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);
 
 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);
 }
 
 
 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)