diff --git a/hw/pc_piix.c b/hw/pc_piix.c
index 99747a7..a6bf645 100644
--- a/hw/pc_piix.c
+++ b/hw/pc_piix.c
@@ -217,6 +217,7 @@ static void pc_init1(MemoryRegion *system_memory,
     }
 }
 
+/* machine init function for pc-0.14 - pc-1.2 */
 static void pc_init_pci(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
     ram_addr_t ram_size = args->ram_size;
@@ -232,12 +233,20 @@ static void pc_init_pci(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
              initrd_filename, cpu_model, 1, 1);
 }
 
+/* machine init function for pc-1.3 */
 static void pc_init_pci_1_3(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
     enable_kvm_pv_eoi();
     pc_init_pci(args);
 }
 
+/* machine init function for pc-1.4 */
+static void pc_init_pci_1_4(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
+{
+    disable_kvm_mmu_op();
+    pc_init_pci_1_3(args);
+}
+
 static void pc_init_pci_no_kvmclock(QEMUMachineInitArgs *args)
 {
     ram_addr_t ram_size = args->ram_size;
@@ -285,7 +294,7 @@ static QEMUMachine pc_machine_v1_4 = {
     .name = "pc-1.4",
     .alias = "pc",
     .desc = "Standard PC",
-    .init = pc_init_pci_1_3,
+    .init = pc_init_pci_1_4,
     .max_cpus = 255,
     .is_default = 1,
 };
diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.c b/target-i386/cpu.c
index 808001a..ec877c7 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.c
@@ -157,6 +157,14 @@ void enable_kvm_pv_eoi(void)
 #endif
 }
 
+void disable_kvm_mmu_op(void)
+{
+#ifdef CONFIG_KVM
+    if (kvm_enabled())
+        kvm_default_features &= ~(1UL << KVM_FEATURE_MMU_OP);
+#endif
+}
+
 void host_cpuid(uint32_t function, uint32_t count,
                 uint32_t *eax, uint32_t *ebx, uint32_t *ecx, uint32_t *edx)
 {
diff --git a/target-i386/cpu.h b/target-i386/cpu.h
index 1283537..27c8d0c 100644
--- a/target-i386/cpu.h
+++ b/target-i386/cpu.h
@@ -1219,5 +1219,6 @@ void do_smm_enter(CPUX86State *env1);
 void cpu_report_tpr_access(CPUX86State *env, TPRAccess access);
 
 void enable_kvm_pv_eoi(void);
+void disable_kvm_mmu_op(void);
 
 #endif /* CPU_I386_H */