diff --git a/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.c b/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.c
index 445f169784f8..b3bc70a505fa 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.c
+++ b/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vboxguest_core.c
@@ -1408,7 +1408,7 @@ static int vbg_ioctl_change_guest_capabilities(struct vbg_dev *gdev,
 	or_mask = caps->u.in.or_mask;
 	not_mask = caps->u.in.not_mask;
 
-	if ((or_mask | not_mask) & ~VMMDEV_EVENT_VALID_EVENT_MASK)
+	if ((or_mask | not_mask) & ~VMMDEV_GUEST_CAPABILITIES_MASK)
 		return -EINVAL;
 
 	ret = vbg_set_session_capabilities(gdev, session, or_mask, not_mask,
diff --git a/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vmmdev.h b/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vmmdev.h
index 5e2ae978935d..63733ab2ab38 100644
--- a/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vmmdev.h
+++ b/drivers/virt/vboxguest/vmmdev.h
@@ -206,6 +206,8 @@ VMMDEV_ASSERT_SIZE(vmmdev_mask, 24 + 8);
  * not.
  */
 #define VMMDEV_GUEST_SUPPORTS_GRAPHICS                      BIT(2)
+/* The mask of valid capabilities, for sanity checking. */
+#define VMMDEV_GUEST_CAPABILITIES_MASK                      0x00000007U
 
 /** struct vmmdev_hypervisorinfo - Hypervisor info structure. */
 struct vmmdev_hypervisorinfo {