diff --git a/hypervisor/arch/x86/vmx_asm.S b/hypervisor/arch/x86/vmx_asm.S
index 5c1246c4e..f9bb47fd4 100644
--- a/hypervisor/arch/x86/vmx_asm.S
+++ b/hypervisor/arch/x86/vmx_asm.S
@@ -109,6 +109,9 @@ next:
     /* Execute a VM resume */
     vmresume
 
+    /* jump to vm_exit directly when it fails in vmresume */
+    jmp         vm_exit
+
 vm_launch:
 
     /* Execute a VM launch */