diff --git a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
index 4134f319ac..02e84edc15 100644
--- a/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
+++ b/src/qemu/qemu_capabilities.c
@@ -3193,6 +3193,21 @@ virQEMUCapsInitHostCPUModel(virQEMUCapsPtr qemuCaps,
             goto error;
     }
 
+    if (ARCH_IS_X86(qemuCaps->arch) &&
+        !virQEMUCapsGet(qemuCaps, QEMU_CAPS_CPU_UNAVAILABLE_FEATURES)) {
+        if (cpu &&
+            virCPUDefFilterFeatures(cpu, virCPUx86FeatureFilterDropMSR, NULL) < 0)
+            goto error;
+
+        if (migCPU &&
+            virCPUDefFilterFeatures(migCPU, virCPUx86FeatureFilterDropMSR, NULL) < 0)
+            goto error;
+
+        if (fullCPU &&
+            virCPUDefFilterFeatures(fullCPU, virCPUx86FeatureFilterDropMSR, NULL) < 0)
+            goto error;
+    }
+
     virQEMUCapsSetHostModel(qemuCaps, type, cpu, migCPU, fullCPU);
 
  cleanup:
diff --git a/tests/domaincapsschemadata/qemu_3.1.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/domaincapsschemadata/qemu_3.1.0.x86_64.xml
index dfd186afba..ca3baab88c 100644
--- a/tests/domaincapsschemadata/qemu_3.1.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/domaincapsschemadata/qemu_3.1.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
       <feature policy='require' name='xsaves'/>
       <feature policy='require' name='pdpe1gb'/>
       <feature policy='require' name='invtsc'/>
-      <feature policy='require' name='skip-l1dfl-vmentry'/>
     </mode>
     <mode name='custom' supported='yes'>
       <model usable='yes'>qemu64</model>
diff --git a/tests/domaincapsschemadata/qemu_4.0.0.x86_64.xml b/tests/domaincapsschemadata/qemu_4.0.0.x86_64.xml
index 36f6f1e94d..cba841d844 100644
--- a/tests/domaincapsschemadata/qemu_4.0.0.x86_64.xml
+++ b/tests/domaincapsschemadata/qemu_4.0.0.x86_64.xml
@@ -42,7 +42,6 @@
       <feature policy='require' name='xsaves'/>
       <feature policy='require' name='pdpe1gb'/>
       <feature policy='require' name='invtsc'/>
-      <feature policy='require' name='skip-l1dfl-vmentry'/>
     </mode>
     <mode name='custom' supported='yes'>
       <model usable='yes'>qemu64</model>