diff --git a/target/i386/cpu.c b/target/i386/cpu.c
index 5f595a0d7e..46befde387 100644
--- a/target/i386/cpu.c
+++ b/target/i386/cpu.c
@@ -5974,6 +5974,10 @@ void x86_cpu_expand_features(X86CPU *cpu, Error **errp)
     if (env->cpuid_xlevel2 == UINT32_MAX) {
         env->cpuid_xlevel2 = env->cpuid_min_xlevel2;
     }
+
+    if (kvm_enabled()) {
+        kvm_hyperv_expand_features(cpu, errp);
+    }
 }
 
 /*
diff --git a/target/i386/kvm/kvm-stub.c b/target/i386/kvm/kvm-stub.c
index 92f49121b8..f6e7e4466e 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm/kvm-stub.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm/kvm-stub.c
@@ -39,3 +39,8 @@ bool kvm_hv_vpindex_settable(void)
 {
     return false;
 }
+
+bool kvm_hyperv_expand_features(X86CPU *cpu, Error **errp)
+{
+    abort();
+}
diff --git a/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c
index ef127762bc..556815db13 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm/kvm.c
@@ -1220,13 +1220,22 @@ static uint32_t hv_build_cpuid_leaf(CPUState *cs, uint32_t func, int reg)
  * of 'hv_passthrough' mode and fills the environment with all supported
  * Hyper-V features.
  */
-static bool hyperv_expand_features(CPUState *cs, Error **errp)
+bool kvm_hyperv_expand_features(X86CPU *cpu, Error **errp)
 {
-    X86CPU *cpu = X86_CPU(cs);
+    CPUState *cs = CPU(cpu);
 
     if (!hyperv_enabled(cpu))
         return true;
 
+    /*
+     * When kvm_hyperv_expand_features is called at CPU feature expansion
+     * time per-CPU kvm_state is not available yet so we can only proceed
+     * when KVM_CAP_SYS_HYPERV_CPUID is supported.
+     */
+    if (!cs->kvm_state &&
+        !kvm_check_extension(kvm_state, KVM_CAP_SYS_HYPERV_CPUID))
+        return true;
+
     if (cpu->hyperv_passthrough) {
         cpu->hyperv_vendor_id[0] =
             hv_cpuid_get_host(cs, HV_CPUID_VENDOR_AND_MAX_FUNCTIONS, R_EBX);
@@ -1593,8 +1602,15 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vcpu(CPUState *cs)
 
     env->apic_bus_freq = KVM_APIC_BUS_FREQUENCY;
 
-    /* Paravirtualization CPUIDs */
-    if (!hyperv_expand_features(cs, &local_err)) {
+    /*
+     * kvm_hyperv_expand_features() is called here for the second time in case
+     * KVM_CAP_SYS_HYPERV_CPUID is not supported. While we can't possibly handle
+     * 'query-cpu-model-expansion' in this case as we don't have a KVM vCPU to
+     * check which Hyper-V enlightenments are supported and which are not, we
+     * can still proceed and check/expand Hyper-V enlightenments here so legacy
+     * behavior is preserved.
+     */
+    if (!kvm_hyperv_expand_features(cpu, &local_err)) {
         error_report_err(local_err);
         return -ENOSYS;
     }
diff --git a/target/i386/kvm/kvm_i386.h b/target/i386/kvm/kvm_i386.h
index dc72508389..54667b35f0 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm/kvm_i386.h
+++ b/target/i386/kvm/kvm_i386.h
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ bool kvm_has_x2apic_api(void);
 bool kvm_has_waitpkg(void);
 
 bool kvm_hv_vpindex_settable(void);
+bool kvm_hyperv_expand_features(X86CPU *cpu, Error **errp);
 
 uint64_t kvm_swizzle_msi_ext_dest_id(uint64_t address);