diff --git a/target/i386/kvm.c b/target/i386/kvm.c
index f55d4b4b97430cd2ebb2c3947045282f9e490d24..72a2f0a8f7f52d875afcc8623a9a77ed9cc2891e 100644
--- a/target/i386/kvm.c
+++ b/target/i386/kvm.c
@@ -2669,6 +2669,7 @@ static int kvm_put_msrs(X86CPU *cpu, int level)
         struct kvm_msr_entry *e = &cpu->kvm_msr_buf->entries[ret];
         error_report("error: failed to set MSR 0x%" PRIx32 " to 0x%" PRIx64,
                      (uint32_t)e->index, (uint64_t)e->data);
+        error_report("If your machine is using an AMD CPU, you can consider creating a qemu-system-x86.conf configuration file in the path/etc/modprobe.d, with the following content: options kvm ignore_msrs=1.");
     }
 
     assert(ret == cpu->kvm_msr_buf->nmsrs);