diff --git a/target/riscv/cpu.h b/target/riscv/cpu.h
index 2d0c02c35b..746efd099a 100644
--- a/target/riscv/cpu.h
+++ b/target/riscv/cpu.h
@@ -819,6 +819,9 @@ void riscv_set_csr_ops(int csrno, riscv_csr_operations *ops);
 
 void riscv_cpu_register_gdb_regs_for_features(CPUState *cs);
 
+target_ulong riscv_new_csr_seed(target_ulong new_value,
+                                target_ulong write_mask);
+
 uint8_t satp_mode_max_from_map(uint32_t map);
 const char *satp_mode_str(uint8_t satp_mode, bool is_32_bit);
 
diff --git a/target/riscv/csr.c b/target/riscv/csr.c
index 726096444f..829d8346ed 100644
--- a/target/riscv/csr.c
+++ b/target/riscv/csr.c
@@ -4267,10 +4267,8 @@ static RISCVException write_upmbase(CPURISCVState *env, int csrno,
 #endif
 
 /* Crypto Extension */
-static RISCVException rmw_seed(CPURISCVState *env, int csrno,
-                               target_ulong *ret_value,
-                               target_ulong new_value,
-                               target_ulong write_mask)
+target_ulong riscv_new_csr_seed(target_ulong new_value,
+                                target_ulong write_mask)
 {
     uint16_t random_v;
     Error *random_e = NULL;
@@ -4294,6 +4292,18 @@ static RISCVException rmw_seed(CPURISCVState *env, int csrno,
         rval = random_v | SEED_OPST_ES16;
     }
 
+    return rval;
+}
+
+static RISCVException rmw_seed(CPURISCVState *env, int csrno,
+                               target_ulong *ret_value,
+                               target_ulong new_value,
+                               target_ulong write_mask)
+{
+    target_ulong rval;
+
+    rval = riscv_new_csr_seed(new_value, write_mask);
+
     if (ret_value) {
         *ret_value = rval;
     }
diff --git a/target/riscv/kvm/kvm-cpu.c b/target/riscv/kvm/kvm-cpu.c
index eaa36121c7..b8136c7ef8 100644
--- a/target/riscv/kvm/kvm-cpu.c
+++ b/target/riscv/kvm/kvm-cpu.c
@@ -1418,6 +1418,28 @@ static int kvm_riscv_handle_sbi(CPUState *cs, struct kvm_run *run)
     return ret;
 }
 
+static int kvm_riscv_handle_csr(CPUState *cs, struct kvm_run *run)
+{
+    target_ulong csr_num = run->riscv_csr.csr_num;
+    target_ulong new_value = run->riscv_csr.new_value;
+    target_ulong write_mask = run->riscv_csr.write_mask;
+    int ret = 0;
+
+    switch (csr_num) {
+    case CSR_SEED:
+        run->riscv_csr.ret_value = riscv_new_csr_seed(new_value, write_mask);
+        break;
+    default:
+        qemu_log_mask(LOG_UNIMP,
+                      "%s: un-handled CSR EXIT for CSR %lx\n",
+                      __func__, csr_num);
+        ret = -1;
+        break;
+    }
+
+    return ret;
+}
+
 int kvm_arch_handle_exit(CPUState *cs, struct kvm_run *run)
 {
     int ret = 0;
@@ -1425,6 +1447,9 @@ int kvm_arch_handle_exit(CPUState *cs, struct kvm_run *run)
     case KVM_EXIT_RISCV_SBI:
         ret = kvm_riscv_handle_sbi(cs, run);
         break;
+    case KVM_EXIT_RISCV_CSR:
+        ret = kvm_riscv_handle_csr(cs, run);
+        break;
     default:
         qemu_log_mask(LOG_UNIMP, "%s: un-handled exit reason %d\n",
                       __func__, run->exit_reason);