diff --git a/hypervisor/src/arch/x86/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/arch/x86/mod.rs
index e866cac5e..68528e2f0 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/arch/x86/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/arch/x86/mod.rs
@@ -161,7 +161,6 @@ macro_rules! msr {
         MsrEntry {
             index: $msr,
             data: 0x0,
-            ..Default::default()
         }
     };
 }
@@ -171,7 +170,6 @@ macro_rules! msr_data {
         MsrEntry {
             index: $msr,
             data: $data,
-            ..Default::default()
         }
     };
 }
@@ -319,3 +317,9 @@ impl LapicState {
             .expect("Failed to write klapic register")
     }
 }
+
+#[derive(Debug, Default, Copy, Clone, PartialEq, Eq, serde::Deserialize, serde::Serialize)]
+pub struct MsrEntry {
+    pub index: u32,
+    pub data: u64,
+}
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/cpu.rs b/hypervisor/src/cpu.rs
index a21b82f72..eb2c24460 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/cpu.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/cpu.rs
@@ -13,11 +13,11 @@ use crate::aarch64::VcpuInit;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
 use crate::aarch64::{RegList, Register, StandardRegisters};
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
-use crate::arch::x86::{CpuIdEntry, FpuState, LapicState, SpecialRegisters, StandardRegisters};
+use crate::arch::x86::{
+    CpuIdEntry, FpuState, LapicState, MsrEntry, SpecialRegisters, StandardRegisters,
+};
 #[cfg(feature = "tdx")]
 use crate::kvm::{TdxExitDetails, TdxExitStatus};
-#[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
-use crate::x86_64::MsrEntry;
 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 85ce689da..9bfff097d 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/kvm/mod.rs
@@ -47,7 +47,8 @@ use vmm_sys_util::eventfd::EventFd;
 pub mod x86_64;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
 use crate::arch::x86::{
-    CpuIdEntry, FpuState, LapicState, SpecialRegisters, StandardRegisters, NUM_IOAPIC_PINS,
+    CpuIdEntry, FpuState, LapicState, MsrEntry, SpecialRegisters, StandardRegisters,
+    NUM_IOAPIC_PINS,
 };
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
 use crate::ClockData;
@@ -65,7 +66,7 @@ use kvm_bindings::{
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
 use x86_64::check_required_kvm_extensions;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
-pub use x86_64::{CpuId, ExtendedControlRegisters, MsrEntries, MsrEntry, VcpuKvmState, Xsave};
+pub use x86_64::{CpuId, ExtendedControlRegisters, MsrEntries, VcpuKvmState, Xsave};
 // aarch64 dependencies
 #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
 pub mod aarch64;
@@ -1403,13 +1404,19 @@ impl cpu::Vcpu for KvmVcpu {
     /// Returns the model-specific registers (MSR) for this vCPU.
     ///
     fn get_msrs(&self, msrs: &mut Vec<MsrEntry>) -> cpu::Result<usize> {
-        let mut kvm_msrs = MsrEntries::from_entries(msrs).unwrap();
+        let kvm_msrs: Vec<kvm_msr_entry> = msrs.iter().map(|e| (*e).into()).collect();
+        let mut kvm_msrs = MsrEntries::from_entries(&kvm_msrs).unwrap();
         let succ = self
             .fd
             .get_msrs(&mut kvm_msrs)
             .map_err(|e| cpu::HypervisorCpuError::GetMsrEntries(e.into()))?;
 
-        msrs[..succ].copy_from_slice(&kvm_msrs.as_slice()[..succ]);
+        msrs[..succ].copy_from_slice(
+            &kvm_msrs.as_slice()[..succ]
+                .iter()
+                .map(|e| (*e).into())
+                .collect::<Vec<MsrEntry>>(),
+        );
 
         Ok(succ)
     }
@@ -1419,7 +1426,8 @@ impl cpu::Vcpu for KvmVcpu {
     /// Returns the number of MSR entries actually written.
     ///
     fn set_msrs(&self, msrs: &[MsrEntry]) -> cpu::Result<usize> {
-        let kvm_msrs = MsrEntries::from_entries(msrs).unwrap();
+        let kvm_msrs: Vec<kvm_msr_entry> = msrs.iter().map(|e| (*e).into()).collect();
+        let kvm_msrs = MsrEntries::from_entries(&kvm_msrs).unwrap();
         self.fd
             .set_msrs(&kvm_msrs)
             .map_err(|e| cpu::HypervisorCpuError::SetMsrEntries(e.into()))
@@ -1812,7 +1820,7 @@ impl cpu::Vcpu for KvmVcpu {
                     index,
                     ..Default::default()
                 };
-                msr_entries.push(msr);
+                msr_entries.push(msr.into());
             }
         }
 
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/kvm/x86_64/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/kvm/x86_64/mod.rs
index c1dbe0742..b3094e3c6 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/kvm/x86_64/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/kvm/x86_64/mod.rs
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 //
 
 use crate::arch::x86::{
-    CpuIdEntry, DescriptorTable, FpuState, LapicState, SegmentRegister, SpecialRegisters,
+    CpuIdEntry, DescriptorTable, FpuState, LapicState, MsrEntry, SegmentRegister, SpecialRegisters,
     StandardRegisters, CPUID_FLAG_VALID_INDEX,
 };
 use crate::kvm::{Cap, Kvm, KvmError, KvmResult};
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 pub use {
     kvm_bindings::kvm_cpuid_entry2, kvm_bindings::kvm_dtable, kvm_bindings::kvm_fpu,
     kvm_bindings::kvm_lapic_state, kvm_bindings::kvm_mp_state as MpState,
-    kvm_bindings::kvm_msr_entry as MsrEntry, kvm_bindings::kvm_regs, kvm_bindings::kvm_segment,
+    kvm_bindings::kvm_msr_entry, kvm_bindings::kvm_regs, kvm_bindings::kvm_segment,
     kvm_bindings::kvm_sregs, 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,
@@ -312,3 +312,22 @@ impl From<kvm_lapic_state> for LapicState {
         LapicState::Kvm(s)
     }
 }
+
+impl From<kvm_msr_entry> for MsrEntry {
+    fn from(e: kvm_msr_entry) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            index: e.index,
+            data: e.data,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<MsrEntry> for kvm_msr_entry {
+    fn from(e: MsrEntry) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            index: e.index,
+            data: e.data,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/mshv/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/mshv/mod.rs
index 07e9c07a6..5a45bb213 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/mshv/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/mshv/mod.rs
@@ -37,7 +37,9 @@ use std::fs::File;
 use std::os::unix::io::AsRawFd;
 
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
-use crate::arch::x86::{CpuIdEntry, FpuState, LapicState, SpecialRegisters, StandardRegisters};
+use crate::arch::x86::{
+    CpuIdEntry, FpuState, LapicState, MsrEntry, SpecialRegisters, StandardRegisters,
+};
 
 const DIRTY_BITMAP_CLEAR_DIRTY: u64 = 0x4;
 const DIRTY_BITMAP_SET_DIRTY: u64 = 0x8;
@@ -346,13 +348,19 @@ impl cpu::Vcpu for MshvVcpu {
     /// Returns the model-specific registers (MSR) for this vCPU.
     ///
     fn get_msrs(&self, msrs: &mut Vec<MsrEntry>) -> cpu::Result<usize> {
-        let mut mshv_msrs = MsrEntries::from_entries(msrs).unwrap();
+        let mshv_msrs: Vec<msr_entry> = msrs.iter().map(|e| (*e).into()).collect();
+        let mut mshv_msrs = MsrEntries::from_entries(&mshv_msrs).unwrap();
         let succ = self
             .fd
             .get_msrs(&mut mshv_msrs)
             .map_err(|e| cpu::HypervisorCpuError::GetMsrEntries(e.into()))?;
 
-        msrs[..succ].copy_from_slice(&mshv_msrs.as_slice()[..succ]);
+        msrs[..succ].copy_from_slice(
+            &mshv_msrs.as_slice()[..succ]
+                .iter()
+                .map(|e| (*e).into())
+                .collect::<Vec<MsrEntry>>(),
+        );
 
         Ok(succ)
     }
@@ -362,7 +370,8 @@ impl cpu::Vcpu for MshvVcpu {
     /// Returns the number of MSR entries actually written.
     ///
     fn set_msrs(&self, msrs: &[MsrEntry]) -> cpu::Result<usize> {
-        let mshv_msrs = MsrEntries::from_entries(msrs).unwrap();
+        let mshv_msrs: Vec<msr_entry> = msrs.iter().map(|e| (*e).into()).collect();
+        let mshv_msrs = MsrEntries::from_entries(&mshv_msrs).unwrap();
         self.fd
             .set_msrs(&mshv_msrs)
             .map_err(|e| cpu::HypervisorCpuError::SetMsrEntries(e.into()))
diff --git a/hypervisor/src/mshv/x86_64/mod.rs b/hypervisor/src/mshv/x86_64/mod.rs
index 90e71b894..43fd2c30b 100644
--- a/hypervisor/src/mshv/x86_64/mod.rs
+++ b/hypervisor/src/mshv/x86_64/mod.rs
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 //
 //
 use crate::arch::x86::{
-    CpuIdEntry, DescriptorTable, FpuState, LapicState, SegmentRegister, SpecialRegisters,
+    CpuIdEntry, DescriptorTable, FpuState, LapicState, MsrEntry, SegmentRegister, SpecialRegisters,
     StandardRegisters,
 };
 use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ use std::fmt;
 ///
 pub use {
     mshv_bindings::hv_cpuid_entry, mshv_bindings::mshv_user_mem_region as MemoryRegion,
-    mshv_bindings::msr_entry as MsrEntry, mshv_bindings::CpuId, mshv_bindings::DebugRegisters,
+    mshv_bindings::msr_entry, mshv_bindings::CpuId, mshv_bindings::DebugRegisters,
     mshv_bindings::FloatingPointUnit, mshv_bindings::LapicState as MshvLapicState,
     mshv_bindings::MiscRegs as MiscRegisters, mshv_bindings::MsrList,
     mshv_bindings::Msrs as MsrEntries, mshv_bindings::Msrs,
@@ -303,3 +303,22 @@ impl From<MshvLapicState> for LapicState {
         LapicState::Mshv(s)
     }
 }
+
+impl From<msr_entry> for MsrEntry {
+    fn from(e: msr_entry) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            index: e.index,
+            data: e.data,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl From<MsrEntry> for msr_entry {
+    fn from(e: MsrEntry) -> Self {
+        Self {
+            index: e.index,
+            data: e.data,
+            ..Default::default()
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/vmm/src/cpu.rs b/vmm/src/cpu.rs
index deb9f3fa3..bd3f87d12 100644
--- a/vmm/src/cpu.rs
+++ b/vmm/src/cpu.rs
@@ -38,14 +38,14 @@ use gdbstub_arch::x86::reg::{X86SegmentRegs, X86_64CoreRegs};
 use hypervisor::arch::x86::msr_index;
 #[cfg(target_arch = "x86_64")]
 use hypervisor::arch::x86::CpuIdEntry;
+#[cfg(feature = "guest_debug")]
+use hypervisor::arch::x86::MsrEntry;
 #[cfg(all(target_arch = "x86_64", feature = "gdb"))]
 use hypervisor::arch::x86::{SpecialRegisters, StandardRegisters};
 #[cfg(target_arch = "aarch64")]
 use hypervisor::kvm::kvm_bindings;
 #[cfg(feature = "tdx")]
 use hypervisor::kvm::{TdxExitDetails, TdxExitStatus};
-#[cfg(feature = "guest_debug")]
-use hypervisor::x86_64::MsrEntry;
 use hypervisor::{CpuState, HypervisorCpuError, VmExit, VmOps};
 use libc::{c_void, siginfo_t};
 #[cfg(feature = "guest_debug")]
@@ -2387,8 +2387,7 @@ mod tests {
 
     #[test]
     fn test_setup_msrs() {
-        use hypervisor::arch::x86::msr_index;
-        use hypervisor::x86_64::MsrEntry;
+        use hypervisor::arch::x86::{msr_index, MsrEntry};
 
         let hv = hypervisor::new().unwrap();
         let vm = hv.create_vm().expect("new VM fd creation failed");