diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 38f2cc0a5a23..ec14b7245a4e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@
 #include <asm/msr-index.h>
 #include <asm/asm.h>
 
-#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 254
+#define KVM_MAX_VCPUS 255
 #define KVM_SOFT_MAX_VCPUS 160
 #define KVM_USER_MEM_SLOTS 125
 /* memory slots that are not exposed to userspace */