diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index 5b2300b818af9333f8d57f6b082f426b8556b606..575c9a51e6ba999711690e00472413b4b6df74e9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -748,6 +748,10 @@ void __init kvm_spinlock_init(void)
 	if (kvm_para_has_hint(KVM_HINTS_REALTIME))
 		return;
 
+	/* Don't use the pvqspinlock code if there is only 1 vCPU. */
+	if (num_possible_cpus() == 1)
+		return;
+
 	__pv_init_lock_hash();
 	pv_lock_ops.queued_spin_lock_slowpath = __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath;
 	pv_lock_ops.queued_spin_unlock = PV_CALLEE_SAVE(__pv_queued_spin_unlock);