diff --git a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
index 5cc1a6ec017..e152caa9d9f 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/drivers/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -1375,6 +1375,11 @@ static int handle_external_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	return 1;
 }
 
+static int handle_triple_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *kvm_run)
+{
+	kvm_run->exit_reason = KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN;
+	return 0;
+}
 
 static int get_io_count(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 *count)
 {
@@ -1635,6 +1640,7 @@ static int (*kvm_vmx_exit_handlers[])(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 				      struct kvm_run *kvm_run) = {
 	[EXIT_REASON_EXCEPTION_NMI]           = handle_exception,
 	[EXIT_REASON_EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT]      = handle_external_interrupt,
+	[EXIT_REASON_TRIPLE_FAULT]            = handle_triple_fault,
 	[EXIT_REASON_IO_INSTRUCTION]          = handle_io,
 	[EXIT_REASON_CR_ACCESS]               = handle_cr,
 	[EXIT_REASON_DR_ACCESS]               = handle_dr,
diff --git a/drivers/kvm/vmx.h b/drivers/kvm/vmx.h
index 4c0ab151836..d0dc93df411 100644
--- a/drivers/kvm/vmx.h
+++ b/drivers/kvm/vmx.h
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ enum vmcs_field {
 
 #define EXIT_REASON_EXCEPTION_NMI       0
 #define EXIT_REASON_EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT  1
+#define EXIT_REASON_TRIPLE_FAULT        2
 
 #define EXIT_REASON_PENDING_INTERRUPT   7