diff --git a/target/i386/sev.c b/target/i386/sev.c
index 5519de1c6b..6525b3c1a0 100644
--- a/target/i386/sev.c
+++ b/target/i386/sev.c
@@ -885,12 +885,12 @@ out:
 
 static int sev_common_kvm_init(ConfidentialGuestSupport *cgs, Error **errp)
 {
-    SevCommonState *sev_common = SEV_COMMON(cgs);
     char *devname;
     int ret, fw_error, cmd;
     uint32_t ebx;
     uint32_t host_cbitpos;
     struct sev_user_data_status status = {};
+    SevCommonState *sev_common = SEV_COMMON(cgs);
     SevCommonStateClass *klass = SEV_COMMON_GET_CLASS(cgs);
 
     sev_common->state = SEV_STATE_UNINIT;
@@ -1030,6 +1030,21 @@ static int sev_kvm_init(ConfidentialGuestSupport *cgs, Error **errp)
     return 0;
 }
 
+static int sev_snp_kvm_init(ConfidentialGuestSupport *cgs, Error **errp)
+{
+    MachineState *ms = MACHINE(qdev_get_machine());
+    X86MachineState *x86ms = X86_MACHINE(ms);
+
+    if (x86ms->smm == ON_OFF_AUTO_AUTO) {
+        x86ms->smm = ON_OFF_AUTO_OFF;
+    } else if (x86ms->smm == ON_OFF_AUTO_ON) {
+        error_setg(errp, "SEV-SNP does not support SMM.");
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}
+
 int
 sev_encrypt_flash(uint8_t *ptr, uint64_t len, Error **errp)
 {
@@ -1752,6 +1767,10 @@ sev_snp_guest_set_host_data(Object *obj, const char *value, Error **errp)
 static void
 sev_snp_guest_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 {
+    SevCommonStateClass *klass = SEV_COMMON_CLASS(oc);
+
+    klass->kvm_init = sev_snp_kvm_init;
+
     object_class_property_add(oc, "policy", "uint64",
                               sev_snp_guest_get_policy,
                               sev_snp_guest_set_policy, NULL, NULL);
@@ -1778,8 +1797,11 @@ sev_snp_guest_class_init(ObjectClass *oc, void *data)
 static void
 sev_snp_guest_instance_init(Object *obj)
 {
+    ConfidentialGuestSupport *cgs = CONFIDENTIAL_GUEST_SUPPORT(obj);
     SevSnpGuestState *sev_snp_guest = SEV_SNP_GUEST(obj);
 
+    cgs->require_guest_memfd = true;
+
     /* default init/start/finish params for kvm */
     sev_snp_guest->kvm_start_conf.policy = DEFAULT_SEV_SNP_POLICY;
 }