diff --git a/include/linux/preempt.h b/include/linux/preempt.h
index 0f1534acaf60983da1cc84548659ccc1398d79e9..84991f1851739490774436726e49b5c43f16db75 100644
--- a/include/linux/preempt.h
+++ b/include/linux/preempt.h
@@ -293,6 +293,8 @@ struct preempt_notifier {
 	struct preempt_ops *ops;
 };
 
+void preempt_notifier_inc(void);
+void preempt_notifier_dec(void);
 void preempt_notifier_register(struct preempt_notifier *notifier);
 void preempt_notifier_unregister(struct preempt_notifier *notifier);
 
diff --git a/kernel/sched/core.c b/kernel/sched/core.c
index b803e1b8ab0cf7eb381600a32855b822be3c8c89..552710ab19e0ccb6d726e85880d443d84f9d45ef 100644
--- a/kernel/sched/core.c
+++ b/kernel/sched/core.c
@@ -2320,13 +2320,27 @@ void wake_up_new_task(struct task_struct *p)
 
 static struct static_key preempt_notifier_key = STATIC_KEY_INIT_FALSE;
 
+void preempt_notifier_inc(void)
+{
+	static_key_slow_inc(&preempt_notifier_key);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(preempt_notifier_inc);
+
+void preempt_notifier_dec(void)
+{
+	static_key_slow_dec(&preempt_notifier_key);
+}
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(preempt_notifier_dec);
+
 /**
  * preempt_notifier_register - tell me when current is being preempted & rescheduled
  * @notifier: notifier struct to register
  */
 void preempt_notifier_register(struct preempt_notifier *notifier)
 {
-	static_key_slow_inc(&preempt_notifier_key);
+	if (!static_key_false(&preempt_notifier_key))
+		WARN(1, "registering preempt_notifier while notifiers disabled\n");
+
 	hlist_add_head(&notifier->link, &current->preempt_notifiers);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(preempt_notifier_register);
@@ -2340,7 +2354,6 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(preempt_notifier_register);
 void preempt_notifier_unregister(struct preempt_notifier *notifier)
 {
 	hlist_del(&notifier->link);
-	static_key_slow_dec(&preempt_notifier_key);
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(preempt_notifier_unregister);
 
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 848af90b8091a9a3bd8ed7e18d6ace2692210c36..8b8a4445367011b31afdb06f5363a120ea1db019 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@ static struct kvm *kvm_create_vm(unsigned long type)
 	list_add(&kvm->vm_list, &vm_list);
 	spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
 
+	preempt_notifier_inc();
+
 	return kvm;
 
 out_err:
@@ -620,6 +622,7 @@ static void kvm_destroy_vm(struct kvm *kvm)
 	cleanup_srcu_struct(&kvm->irq_srcu);
 	cleanup_srcu_struct(&kvm->srcu);
 	kvm_arch_free_vm(kvm);
+	preempt_notifier_dec();
 	hardware_disable_all();
 	mmdrop(mm);
 }