diff --git a/nova/tests/functional/libvirt/test_report_cpu_traits.py b/nova/tests/functional/libvirt/test_report_cpu_traits.py
index 0964029cd7..b470cdf1ac 100644
--- a/nova/tests/functional/libvirt/test_report_cpu_traits.py
+++ b/nova/tests/functional/libvirt/test_report_cpu_traits.py
@@ -81,7 +81,10 @@ class LibvirtReportTraitsTests(LibvirtReportTraitsTestBase):
         # trait values are coming from fakelibvirt's baselineCPU result.
         # COMPUTE_NODE is always set on the compute node provider.
         traits = self._get_provider_traits(self.host_uuid)
-        for trait in ('HW_CPU_X86_VMX', 'HW_CPU_X86_AESNI', 'COMPUTE_NODE'):
+        for trait in (
+            'HW_CPU_X86_VMX', 'HW_CPU_X86_INTEL_VMX', 'HW_CPU_X86_AESNI',
+            'COMPUTE_NODE',
+        ):
             self.assertIn(trait, traits)
 
         self._create_trait('CUSTOM_TRAITS')
@@ -96,10 +99,14 @@ class LibvirtReportTraitsTests(LibvirtReportTraitsTestBase):
         # and it's not in the baseline for the host.
         traits = set(self._get_provider_traits(self.host_uuid))
         expected_traits = self.expected_libvirt_driver_capability_traits.union(
-            [u'HW_CPU_X86_VMX', u'HW_CPU_X86_AESNI', u'CUSTOM_TRAITS',
-             # The periodic restored the COMPUTE_NODE trait.
-             u'COMPUTE_NODE']
-        )
+            [
+                'HW_CPU_X86_VMX',
+                'HW_CPU_X86_INTEL_VMX',
+                'HW_CPU_X86_AESNI',
+                'CUSTOM_TRAITS',
+                # The periodic restored the COMPUTE_NODE trait.
+                'COMPUTE_NODE',
+            ])
         for trait in expected_traits:
             self.assertIn(trait, traits)
 
diff --git a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
index a2bab72e38..1c28860fb7 100644
--- a/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
+++ b/nova/tests/unit/virt/libvirt/test_driver.py
@@ -21101,7 +21101,7 @@ class TestUpdateProviderTree(test.NoDBTestCase):
     pcpus = 12
     memory_mb = 1024
     disk_gb = 200
-    cpu_traits = {t: False for t in libvirt_utils.CPU_TRAITS_MAPPING.values()}
+    cpu_traits = libvirt_utils.cpu_features_to_traits({})
 
     def setUp(self):
         super(TestUpdateProviderTree, self).setUp()
@@ -21816,7 +21816,7 @@ class TraitsComparisonMixin(object):
 
     def assertTraitsEqual(self, expected, actual):
         exp = {t: t in expected
-               for t in libvirt_utils.CPU_TRAITS_MAPPING.values()}
+               for t in libvirt_utils.cpu_features_to_traits({})}
         self.assertEqual(exp, actual)
 
 
@@ -25538,8 +25538,9 @@ class LibvirtDriverTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase, TraitsComparisonMixin):
         are calculated from fakelibvirt's baseline CPU features.
         """
         self.flags(cpu_mode='host-passthrough', group='libvirt')
-        self.assertTraitsEqual(['HW_CPU_X86_AESNI', 'HW_CPU_X86_VMX'],
-                               self.drvr._get_cpu_feature_traits())
+        self.assertTraitsEqual(
+            ['HW_CPU_X86_AESNI', 'HW_CPU_X86_VMX', 'HW_CPU_X86_INTEL_VMX'],
+            self.drvr._get_cpu_feature_traits())
 
     @mock.patch('nova.virt.libvirt.host.libvirt.Connection.baselineCPU')
     def test_cpu_traits_with_mode_none(self, mock_baseline):
@@ -25548,9 +25549,10 @@ class LibvirtDriverTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase, TraitsComparisonMixin):
         """
         self.flags(cpu_mode='none', group='libvirt')
         mock_baseline.return_value = _fake_qemu64_cpu_feature
-        self.assertTraitsEqual(['HW_CPU_X86_SSE', 'HW_CPU_X86_SVM',
-                                'HW_CPU_X86_MMX', 'HW_CPU_X86_SSE2'],
-                               self.drvr._get_cpu_feature_traits())
+        self.assertTraitsEqual(
+            ['HW_CPU_X86_SSE', 'HW_CPU_X86_SVM', 'HW_CPU_X86_AMD_SVM',
+             'HW_CPU_X86_MMX', 'HW_CPU_X86_SSE2'],
+            self.drvr._get_cpu_feature_traits())
 
         mock_baseline.assert_called_with([u'''<cpu>
   <arch>x86_64</arch>
@@ -25638,6 +25640,7 @@ class LibvirtDriverTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase, TraitsComparisonMixin):
                 'HW_CPU_X86_SSE2',
                 'HW_CPU_X86_SSE',
                 'HW_CPU_X86_MMX',
+                'HW_CPU_X86_AMD_SVM',
                 'HW_CPU_X86_SVM'
             ], self.drvr._get_cpu_feature_traits()
         )
@@ -25705,6 +25708,7 @@ class LibvirtDriverTestCase(test.NoDBTestCase, TraitsComparisonMixin):
                 'HW_CPU_X86_SSE2',
                 'HW_CPU_X86_SSE',
                 'HW_CPU_X86_MMX',
+                'HW_CPU_X86_AMD_SVM',
                 'HW_CPU_X86_SVM'
             ], self.drvr._get_cpu_feature_traits()
         )
diff --git a/nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py b/nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py
index 5a60902573..317785d048 100644
--- a/nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py
+++ b/nova/virt/libvirt/utils.py
@@ -93,9 +93,13 @@ CPU_TRAITS_MAPPING = {
     'sse4.2': os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_SSE42,
     'sse4a': os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_SSE4A,
     'ssse3': os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_SSSE3,
-    'svm': os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_SVM,
+    # We have to continue to support the old (generic) trait for the
+    # AMD-specific svm feature.
+    'svm': (os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_SVM, os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_AMD_SVM),
     'tbm': os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_TBM,
-    'vmx': os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_VMX,
+    # We have to continue to support the old (generic) trait for the
+    # Intel-specific vmx feature.
+    'vmx': (os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_VMX, os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_INTEL_VMX),
     'xop': os_traits.HW_CPU_X86_XOP
 }
 
@@ -577,11 +581,15 @@ def cpu_features_to_traits(features: ty.Set[str]) -> ty.Dict[str, bool]:
     """Returns this driver's CPU traits dict where keys are trait names from
     CPU_TRAITS_MAPPING, values are boolean indicates whether the trait should
     be set in the provider tree.
+
+    :param features: A set of feature names (short, lowercase,
+            CPU_TRAITS_MAPPING's keys).
     """
-    traits = {trait_name: False for trait_name in CPU_TRAITS_MAPPING.values()}
-    for f in features:
-        if f in CPU_TRAITS_MAPPING:
-            traits[CPU_TRAITS_MAPPING[f]] = True
+    traits = {}
+    for feature_name, val in CPU_TRAITS_MAPPING.items():
+        trait_tuple = val if isinstance(val, tuple) else (val,)
+        for trait_name in trait_tuple:
+            traits[trait_name] = feature_name in features
 
     return traits