diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index bf80ce7656b71861e36a01b82cdf9060d2c1e564..c42134e98e311135a62d6d89c432f7b2f8aff133 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -7086,14 +7086,25 @@ void kvm_put_guest_fpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	kvm_put_guest_xcr0(vcpu);
 
-	if (!vcpu->guest_fpu_loaded)
+	if (!vcpu->guest_fpu_loaded) {
+		vcpu->fpu_counter = 0;
 		return;
+	}
 
 	vcpu->guest_fpu_loaded = 0;
 	fpu_save_init(&vcpu->arch.guest_fpu);
 	__kernel_fpu_end();
 	++vcpu->stat.fpu_reload;
-	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_DEACTIVATE_FPU, vcpu);
+	/*
+	 * If using eager FPU mode, or if the guest is a frequent user
+	 * of the FPU, just leave the FPU active for next time.
+	 * Every 255 times fpu_counter rolls over to 0; a guest that uses
+	 * the FPU in bursts will revert to loading it on demand.
+	 */
+	if (!use_eager_fpu()) {
+		if (++vcpu->fpu_counter < 5)
+			kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_DEACTIVATE_FPU, vcpu);
+	}
 	trace_kvm_fpu(0);
 }
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index efc16df1fc5d27f57bb53bcae973dfbe965181f8..b7a08cd6f4a8168888ca688c29c2f0a437358d54 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -230,6 +230,7 @@ struct kvm_vcpu {
 
 	int fpu_active;
 	int guest_fpu_loaded, guest_xcr0_loaded;
+	unsigned char fpu_counter;
 	wait_queue_head_t wq;
 	struct pid *pid;
 	int sigset_active;