diff --git a/include/memmodel.h b/include/memmodel.h
index 983efa8..53f409f 100644
--- a/include/memmodel.h
+++ b/include/memmodel.h
@@ -125,7 +125,11 @@ typedef struct {
  * x86-64 has no read bit: a present page is readable, so VR_R is always set on a
  * returned region. Write/execute/user are the EFFECTIVE rights along the whole
  * page-table path (RW & US are AND-ed across levels, NX is OR-ed), not just the
- * leaf entry, so they reflect what the guest CPU actually enforces. */
+ * leaf entry, so they reflect what the guest CPU actually enforces. One
+ * exception keeps VR_X honest under KVA shadow (KPTI): the kernel CR3 marks
+ * user-half PML4Es NX as hardening, but ring 3 executes those pages via the
+ * user/shadow CR3 (same shared lower tables, NX-clear PML4E), so the user-half
+ * top-level NX bit is ignored when deriving VR_X. */
 #ifndef VMIE_VREGION_DEFINED
 #define VMIE_VREGION_DEFINED
 #define VR_R 0x1u   /* readable  (present => always set)            */
diff --git a/src/engine/gva.c b/src/engine/gva.c
index d1241a1..73d3524 100644
--- a/src/engine/gva.c
+++ b/src/engine/gva.c
@@ -158,7 +158,16 @@ int gva_regions(vmie_mem* m, uintptr_t cr3, uint64_t lo, uint64_t hi,
         if (!(e4 & PG_P)) continue;
         const uint64_t b4 = VA_CANON((uint64_t)i4 << 39);
         if (!rgn_hit(b4, 1ull << 39, lo, hi)) continue;
-        const int rw4 = (e4 >> 1) & 1, us4 = (e4 >> 2) & 1, nx4 = (int)(e4 >> 63) & 1;
+        const int rw4 = (e4 >> 1) & 1, us4 = (e4 >> 2) & 1;
+        /* On a KVA-shadow (KPTI) Windows the kernel CR3 marks user-half PML4Es
+         * NX as hardening: the kernel must not execute user pages through its own
+         * mapping. Ring 3 runs under the user/shadow CR3, which reaches the SAME
+         * lower tables (PDPT/PD/PT are shared) through a PML4E with NX clear, so
+         * that top-level NX is not what executes user code. Drop it on the user
+         * half; sub-PML4E NX stays authoritative (it is shared between the two
+         * CR3s). On a non-KPTI guest a code-covering user PML4E already has NX
+         * clear, so this only ever discards a zero. i4 < 256 == canonical user. */
+        const int nx4 = (i4 < 256) ? 0 : ((int)(e4 >> 63) & 1);
 
         const uint64_t* t3 = gpa_ptr(m, e4 & PFN_MASK, 4096);
         if (!t3) continue;