}
 
        if (ms_hyperv.hints & HV_X64_APIC_ACCESS_RECOMMENDED) {
-               pr_info("Hyper-V: Using MSR based APIC access\n");
+               pr_info("Hyper-V: Using enlightened APIC (%s mode)",
+                       x2apic_enabled() ? "x2apic" : "xapic");
+               /*
+                * With x2apic, architectural x2apic MSRs are equivalent to the
+                * respective synthetic MSRs, so there's no need to override
+                * the apic accessors.  The only exception is
+                * hv_apic_eoi_write, because it benefits from lazy EOI when
+                * available, but it works for both xapic and x2apic modes.
+                */
                apic_set_eoi_write(hv_apic_eoi_write);
-               apic->read      = hv_apic_read;
-               apic->write     = hv_apic_write;
-               apic->icr_write = hv_apic_icr_write;
-               apic->icr_read  = hv_apic_icr_read;
+               if (!x2apic_enabled()) {
+                       apic->read      = hv_apic_read;
+                       apic->write     = hv_apic_write;
+                       apic->icr_write = hv_apic_icr_write;
+                       apic->icr_read  = hv_apic_icr_read;
+               }
        }
 }