diff --git a/src/vmm/src/linux/vstate.rs b/src/vmm/src/linux/vstate.rs
index a7a2955..efc3f1b 100644
--- a/src/vmm/src/linux/vstate.rs
+++ b/src/vmm/src/linux/vstate.rs
@@ -1532,6 +1532,25 @@ impl Vcpu {
                 }
                 VcpuExit::Shutdown => {
                     info!("Received KVM_EXIT_SHUTDOWN signal");
+                    // Dump the vcpu state so a triple-fault (e.g. a bad PVH entry
+                    // state) is debuggable: rip tells us if it faulted on the first
+                    // instruction vs later, cr0/cr2/cr3/efer show the CPU mode.
+                    if let Ok(regs) = self.fd.get_regs() {
+                        error!(
+                            "SHUTDOWN vcpu regs: rip={:#x} rsp={:#x} rbx={:#x} rax={:#x} rflags={:#x}",
+                            regs.rip, regs.rsp, regs.rbx, regs.rax, regs.rflags
+                        );
+                    }
+                    if let Ok(s) = self.fd.get_sregs() {
+                        error!(
+                            "SHUTDOWN vcpu sregs: cr0={:#x} cr2={:#x} cr3={:#x} cr4={:#x} efer={:#x} \
+                             cs.base={:#x} cs.limit={:#x} cs.db={} cs.l={} cs.g={} cs.present={} \
+                             gdt.base={:#x} gdt.limit={:#x} tr.type={} tr.present={}",
+                            s.cr0, s.cr2, s.cr3, s.cr4, s.efer,
+                            s.cs.base, s.cs.limit, s.cs.db, s.cs.l, s.cs.g, s.cs.present,
+                            s.gdt.base, s.gdt.limit, s.tr.type_, s.tr.present
+                        );
+                    }
                     Ok(VcpuEmulation::Stopped)
                 }
                 // Documentation specifies that below kvm exits are considered