diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
index 38939a204e262e475b1bd66ca3e1ac3633a8bb7d..b5f46517c8396cfe4c542728a91e073cf998008c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
@@ -1791,7 +1791,9 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_translate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 {
 	int r;
 
+	vcpu_load(vcpu);
 	r = kvmppc_core_vcpu_translate(vcpu, tr);
+	vcpu_put(vcpu);
 	return r;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index a9e6cca1f46eccd58437548bf31b5a8126dcfd17..080e00dff426d99f852d989d1210aaa50cc7f749 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -7684,6 +7684,8 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_translate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	gpa_t gpa;
 	int idx;
 
+	vcpu_load(vcpu);
+
 	idx = srcu_read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu);
 	gpa = kvm_mmu_gva_to_gpa_system(vcpu, vaddr, NULL);
 	srcu_read_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu, idx);
@@ -7692,6 +7694,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_translate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	tr->writeable = 1;
 	tr->usermode = 0;
 
+	vcpu_put(vcpu);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 4b5aeb4b8c58040a32babd28783f54d9963d3763..37217ec647b416b20aac353554b260df997736a0 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2658,9 +2658,7 @@ static long kvm_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 		r = -EFAULT;
 		if (copy_from_user(&tr, argp, sizeof(tr)))
 			goto out;
-		vcpu_load(vcpu);
 		r = kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_translate(vcpu, &tr);
-		vcpu_put(vcpu);
 		if (r)
 			goto out;
 		r = -EFAULT;