diff --git a/arch/src/x86_64/regs.rs b/arch/src/x86_64/regs.rs
index 6df184200..52fd2b530 100644
--- a/arch/src/x86_64/regs.rs
+++ b/arch/src/x86_64/regs.rs
@@ -10,7 +10,8 @@ use crate::layout::{BOOT_GDT_START, BOOT_IDT_START, PVH_INFO_START};
 use crate::GuestMemoryMmap;
 use hypervisor::arch::x86::gdt::{gdt_entry, segment_from_gdt};
 use hypervisor::arch::x86::regs::CR0_PE;
-use hypervisor::x86_64::{FpuState, SpecialRegisters, StandardRegisters};
+use hypervisor::arch::x86::StandardRegisters;
+use hypervisor::x86_64::{FpuState, SpecialRegisters};
 use std::sync::Arc;
 use std::{mem, result};
 use vm_memory::{Address, Bytes, GuestMemory, GuestMemoryError};
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/arch/x86/emulator/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/arch/x86/emulator/mod.rs
index 51bc08679..50fc02544 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/arch/x86/emulator/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/arch/x86/emulator/mod.rs
@@ -7,8 +7,10 @@
 use crate::arch::emulator::{EmulationError, EmulationResult, PlatformEmulator, PlatformError};
 use crate::arch::x86::emulator::instructions::*;
 use crate::arch::x86::regs::{CR0_PE, EFER_LMA};
-use crate::arch::x86::{segment_type_expand_down, segment_type_ro, Exception, SegmentRegisterOps};
-use crate::x86_64::{SegmentRegister, SpecialRegisters, StandardRegisters};
+use crate::arch::x86::{
+    segment_type_expand_down, segment_type_ro, Exception, SegmentRegisterOps, StandardRegisters,
+};
+use crate::x86_64::{SegmentRegister, SpecialRegisters};
 use anyhow::Context;
 use iced_x86::*;
 
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/arch/x86/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/arch/x86/mod.rs
index 087ba7676..25214166b 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/arch/x86/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/arch/x86/mod.rs
@@ -129,3 +129,26 @@ macro_rules! msr_data {
         }
     };
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq)]
+#[cfg_attr(feature = "with-serde", derive(Deserialize, Serialize))]
+pub struct StandardRegisters {
+    pub rax: u64,
+    pub rbx: u64,
+    pub rcx: u64,
+    pub rdx: u64,
+    pub rsi: u64,
+    pub rdi: u64,
+    pub rsp: u64,
+    pub rbp: u64,
+    pub r8: u64,
+    pub r9: u64,
+    pub r10: u64,
+    pub r11: u64,
+    pub r12: u64,
+    pub r13: u64,
+    pub r14: u64,
+    pub r15: u64,
+    pub rip: u64,
+    pub rflags: u64,
+}
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/cpu.rs b/hypervisor/src/cpu.rs
index 5e22bce0c..dfce39074 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/cpu.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/cpu.rs
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 use crate::aarch64::VcpuInit;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
 use crate::aarch64::{RegList, Register, StandardRegisters};
+#[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+use crate::arch::x86::StandardRegisters;
 #[cfg(feature = "tdx")]
 use crate::kvm::{TdxExitDetails, TdxExitStatus};
 #[cfg(all(feature = "mshv", target_arch = "x86_64"))]
@@ -21,9 +23,7 @@ use crate::x86_64::Xsave;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
 use crate::x86_64::{CpuId, LapicState};
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
-use crate::x86_64::{
-    ExtendedControlRegisters, FpuState, MsrEntries, SpecialRegisters, StandardRegisters, VcpuEvents,
-};
+use crate::x86_64::{ExtendedControlRegisters, FpuState, MsrEntries, SpecialRegisters, VcpuEvents};
 use crate::CpuState;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
 use crate::DeviceAttr;
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
index ef0f8a8e8..5acdeba90 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ use vmm_sys_util::eventfd::EventFd;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
 pub mod x86_64;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
-use crate::arch::x86::NUM_IOAPIC_PINS;
+use crate::arch::x86::{StandardRegisters, NUM_IOAPIC_PINS};
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
 use crate::ClockData;
 use crate::{
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ use kvm_bindings::{
     KVM_CAP_SPLIT_IRQCHIP, KVM_GUESTDBG_ENABLE, KVM_GUESTDBG_SINGLESTEP, KVM_GUESTDBG_USE_HW_BP,
 };
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
-use x86_64::{check_required_kvm_extensions, FpuState, SpecialRegisters, StandardRegisters};
+use x86_64::{check_required_kvm_extensions, FpuState, SpecialRegisters};
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
 pub use x86_64::{
     CpuId, CpuIdEntry, ExtendedControlRegisters, LapicState, MsrEntries, VcpuKvmState, Xsave,
@@ -1052,9 +1052,11 @@ impl cpu::Vcpu for KvmVcpu {
     /// Returns the vCPU general purpose registers.
     ///
     fn get_regs(&self) -> cpu::Result<StandardRegisters> {
-        self.fd
+        Ok(self
+            .fd
             .get_regs()
-            .map_err(|e| cpu::HypervisorCpuError::GetStandardRegs(e.into()))
+            .map_err(|e| cpu::HypervisorCpuError::GetStandardRegs(e.into()))?
+            .into())
     }
     ///
     /// Returns the vCPU general purpose registers.
@@ -1158,8 +1160,9 @@ impl cpu::Vcpu for KvmVcpu {
     /// Sets the vCPU general purpose registers using the `KVM_SET_REGS` ioctl.
     ///
     fn set_regs(&self, regs: &StandardRegisters) -> cpu::Result<()> {
+        let regs = (*regs).into();
         self.fd
-            .set_regs(regs)
+            .set_regs(&regs)
             .map_err(|e| cpu::HypervisorCpuError::SetStandardRegs(e.into()))
     }
 
@@ -1869,7 +1872,7 @@ impl cpu::Vcpu for KvmVcpu {
             cpuid,
             msrs,
             vcpu_events,
-            regs,
+            regs: regs.into(),
             sregs,
             fpu,
             lapic_state,
@@ -1938,7 +1941,7 @@ impl cpu::Vcpu for KvmVcpu {
         let state: VcpuKvmState = state.clone().into();
         self.set_cpuid2(&state.cpuid)?;
         self.set_mp_state(state.mp_state.into())?;
-        self.set_regs(&state.regs)?;
+        self.set_regs(&state.regs.into())?;
         self.set_sregs(&state.sregs)?;
         self.set_xsave(&state.xsave)?;
         self.set_xcrs(&state.xcrs)?;
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/kvm/x86_64/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/kvm/x86_64/mod.rs
index b05f474a7..3e2530081 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/kvm/x86_64/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/kvm/x86_64/mod.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 //
 //
 
-use crate::arch::x86::SegmentRegisterOps;
+use crate::arch::x86::{SegmentRegisterOps, StandardRegisters};
 use crate::kvm::{Cap, Kvm, KvmError, KvmResult};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ pub use {
     kvm_bindings::kvm_cpuid_entry2 as CpuIdEntry, kvm_bindings::kvm_dtable as DescriptorTable,
     kvm_bindings::kvm_fpu as FpuState, kvm_bindings::kvm_lapic_state as LapicState,
     kvm_bindings::kvm_mp_state as MpState, kvm_bindings::kvm_msr_entry as MsrEntry,
-    kvm_bindings::kvm_regs as StandardRegisters, kvm_bindings::kvm_segment as SegmentRegister,
+    kvm_bindings::kvm_regs, kvm_bindings::kvm_segment as SegmentRegister,
     kvm_bindings::kvm_sregs as SpecialRegisters, kvm_bindings::kvm_vcpu_events as VcpuEvents,
     kvm_bindings::kvm_xcrs as ExtendedControlRegisters, kvm_bindings::kvm_xsave as Xsave,
     kvm_bindings::CpuId, kvm_bindings::MsrList, kvm_bindings::Msrs as MsrEntries,
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ pub struct VcpuKvmState {
     pub cpuid: CpuId,
     pub msrs: MsrEntries,
     pub vcpu_events: VcpuEvents,
-    pub regs: StandardRegisters,
+    pub regs: kvm_regs,
     pub sregs: SpecialRegisters,
     pub fpu: FpuState,
     pub lapic_state: LapicState,
@@ -128,3 +128,53 @@ pub struct VcpuKvmState {
     pub xcrs: ExtendedControlRegisters,
     pub mp_state: MpState,
 }
+
+impl From<StandardRegisters> for kvm_regs {
+    fn from(regs: StandardRegisters) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            rax: regs.rax,
+            rbx: regs.rbx,
+            rcx: regs.rcx,
+            rdx: regs.rdx,
+            rsi: regs.rsi,
+            rdi: regs.rdi,
+            rsp: regs.rsp,
+            rbp: regs.rbp,
+            r8: regs.r8,
+            r9: regs.r9,
+            r10: regs.r10,
+            r11: regs.r11,
+            r12: regs.r12,
+            r13: regs.r13,
+            r14: regs.r14,
+            r15: regs.r15,
+            rip: regs.rip,
+            rflags: regs.rflags,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<kvm_regs> for StandardRegisters {
+    fn from(regs: kvm_regs) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            rax: regs.rax,
+            rbx: regs.rbx,
+            rcx: regs.rcx,
+            rdx: regs.rdx,
+            rsi: regs.rsi,
+            rdi: regs.rdi,
+            rsp: regs.rsp,
+            rbp: regs.rbp,
+            r8: regs.r8,
+            r9: regs.r9,
+            r10: regs.r10,
+            r11: regs.r11,
+            r12: regs.r12,
+            r13: regs.r13,
+            r14: regs.r14,
+            r15: regs.r15,
+            rip: regs.rip,
+            rflags: regs.rflags,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/mshv/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/mshv/mod.rs
index 14e4a3414..0caed8bf5 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/mshv/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/mshv/mod.rs
@@ -36,6 +36,9 @@ pub use x86_64::*;
 use std::fs::File;
 use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
 
+#[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
+use crate::arch::x86::StandardRegisters;
+
 const DIRTY_BITMAP_CLEAR_DIRTY: u64 = 0x4;
 const DIRTY_BITMAP_SET_DIRTY: u64 = 0x8;
 
@@ -272,17 +275,20 @@ impl cpu::Vcpu for MshvVcpu {
     /// Returns the vCPU general purpose registers.
     ///
     fn get_regs(&self) -> cpu::Result<StandardRegisters> {
-        self.fd
+        Ok(self
+            .fd
             .get_regs()
-            .map_err(|e| cpu::HypervisorCpuError::GetStandardRegs(e.into()))
+            .map_err(|e| cpu::HypervisorCpuError::GetStandardRegs(e.into()))?
+            .into())
     }
     #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
     ///
     /// Sets the vCPU general purpose registers.
     ///
     fn set_regs(&self, regs: &StandardRegisters) -> cpu::Result<()> {
+        let regs = (*regs).into();
         self.fd
-            .set_regs(regs)
+            .set_regs(&regs)
             .map_err(|e| cpu::HypervisorCpuError::SetStandardRegs(e.into()))
     }
     #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
@@ -619,7 +625,7 @@ impl cpu::Vcpu for MshvVcpu {
         let state: VcpuMshvState = state.clone().into();
         self.set_msrs(&state.msrs)?;
         self.set_vcpu_events(&state.vcpu_events)?;
-        self.set_regs(&state.regs)?;
+        self.set_regs(&state.regs.into())?;
         self.set_sregs(&state.sregs)?;
         self.set_fpu(&state.fpu)?;
         self.set_xcrs(&state.xcrs)?;
@@ -662,7 +668,7 @@ impl cpu::Vcpu for MshvVcpu {
         Ok(VcpuMshvState {
             msrs,
             vcpu_events,
-            regs,
+            regs: regs.into(),
             sregs,
             fpu,
             xcrs,
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/mshv/x86_64/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/mshv/x86_64/mod.rs
index 978739993..e414444f0 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/mshv/x86_64/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/mshv/x86_64/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 // Copyright 2018-2019 CrowdStrike, Inc.
 //
 //
-use crate::arch::x86::SegmentRegisterOps;
+use crate::arch::x86::{SegmentRegisterOps, StandardRegisters};
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use std::fmt;
 
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub use {
     mshv_bindings::FloatingPointUnit as FpuState, mshv_bindings::LapicState,
     mshv_bindings::MiscRegs as MiscRegisters, mshv_bindings::MsrList,
     mshv_bindings::Msrs as MsrEntries, mshv_bindings::Msrs, mshv_bindings::SegmentRegister,
-    mshv_bindings::SpecialRegisters, mshv_bindings::StandardRegisters,
+    mshv_bindings::SpecialRegisters, mshv_bindings::StandardRegisters as MshvStandardRegisters,
     mshv_bindings::SuspendRegisters, mshv_bindings::VcpuEvents, mshv_bindings::XSave as Xsave,
     mshv_bindings::Xcrs as ExtendedControlRegisters,
 };
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ pub const CPUID_FLAG_VALID_INDEX: u32 = 0;
 pub struct VcpuMshvState {
     pub msrs: MsrEntries,
     pub vcpu_events: VcpuEvents,
-    pub regs: StandardRegisters,
+    pub regs: MshvStandardRegisters,
     pub sregs: SpecialRegisters,
     pub fpu: FpuState,
     pub xcrs: ExtendedControlRegisters,
@@ -130,3 +130,53 @@ impl SegmentRegisterOps for SegmentRegister {
         self.db = val;
     }
 }
+
+impl From<StandardRegisters> for MshvStandardRegisters {
+    fn from(regs: StandardRegisters) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            rax: regs.rax,
+            rbx: regs.rbx,
+            rcx: regs.rcx,
+            rdx: regs.rdx,
+            rsi: regs.rsi,
+            rdi: regs.rdi,
+            rsp: regs.rsp,
+            rbp: regs.rbp,
+            r8: regs.r8,
+            r9: regs.r9,
+            r10: regs.r10,
+            r11: regs.r11,
+            r12: regs.r12,
+            r13: regs.r13,
+            r14: regs.r14,
+            r15: regs.r15,
+            rip: regs.rip,
+            rflags: regs.rflags,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<MshvStandardRegisters> for StandardRegisters {
+    fn from(regs: MshvStandardRegisters) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            rax: regs.rax,
+            rbx: regs.rbx,
+            rcx: regs.rcx,
+            rdx: regs.rdx,
+            rsi: regs.rsi,
+            rdi: regs.rdi,
+            rsp: regs.rsp,
+            rbp: regs.rbp,
+            r8: regs.r8,
+            r9: regs.r9,
+            r10: regs.r10,
+            r11: regs.r11,
+            r12: regs.r12,
+            r13: regs.r13,
+            r14: regs.r14,
+            r15: regs.r15,
+            rip: regs.rip,
+            rflags: regs.rflags,
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/vmm/src/cpu.rs b/vmm/src/cpu.rs
index 76e6cdd53..ee2199fa8 100644
--- a/vmm/src/cpu.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/cpu.rs
@@ -36,16 +36,18 @@ use devices::interrupt_controller::InterruptController;
 use gdbstub_arch::x86::reg::{X86SegmentRegs, X86_64CoreRegs};
 #[cfg(feature = "guest_debug")]
 use hypervisor::arch::x86::msr_index;
+#[cfg(all(target_arch = "x86_64", feature = "gdb"))]
+use hypervisor::arch::x86::StandardRegisters;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
 use hypervisor::kvm::kvm_bindings;
 #[cfg(feature = "tdx")]
 use hypervisor::kvm::{TdxExitDetails, TdxExitStatus};
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
 use hypervisor::x86_64::CpuId;
+#[cfg(all(target_arch = "x86_64", feature = "gdb"))]
+use hypervisor::x86_64::SpecialRegisters;
 #[cfg(feature = "guest_debug")]
 use hypervisor::x86_64::{MsrEntries, MsrEntry};
-#[cfg(all(target_arch = "x86_64", feature = "gdb"))]
-use hypervisor::x86_64::{SpecialRegisters, StandardRegisters};
 use hypervisor::{CpuState, HypervisorCpuError, VmExit, VmOps};
 use libc::{c_void, siginfo_t};
 #[cfg(feature = "guest_debug")]
@@ -2336,7 +2338,8 @@ impl CpuElf64Writable for CpuManager {
 mod tests {
     use arch::x86_64::interrupts::*;
     use arch::x86_64::regs::*;
-    use hypervisor::x86_64::{FpuState, LapicState, StandardRegisters};
+    use hypervisor::arch::x86::StandardRegisters;
+    use hypervisor::x86_64::{FpuState, LapicState};
 
     #[test]
     fn test_setlint() {