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diff --git a/pkg/sentry/arch/arch_x86.go b/pkg/sentry/arch/arch_x86.go
index a18093155..3db8bd34b 100644
--- a/pkg/sentry/arch/arch_x86.go
+++ b/pkg/sentry/arch/arch_x86.go
@@ -114,6 +114,10 @@ func newX86FPStateSlice() []byte {
size, align := cpuid.HostFeatureSet().ExtendedStateSize()
capacity := size
// Always use at least 4096 bytes.
+ //
+ // For the KVM platform, this state is a fixed 4096 bytes, so make sure
+ // that the underlying array is at _least_ that size otherwise we will
+ // corrupt random memory. This is not a pleasant thing to debug.
if capacity < 4096 {
capacity = 4096
}