diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
index 545936428bf692c26a4ba5fd43aa7b6a75801a54..3dfc437fb9d9623da01aec95422d279aba4cfc28 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/kvm_ppc.h
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ extern int kvmppc_core_emulate_mtspr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int sprn,
 				     ulong val);
 extern int kvmppc_core_emulate_mfspr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int sprn,
 				     ulong *val);
-extern void kvmppc_core_check_requests(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+extern int kvmppc_core_check_requests(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
 extern int kvmppc_booke_init(void);
 extern void kvmppc_booke_exit(void);
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
index 71fa0f1873b3c1c6a19dab11bcfc9e5e513d0edb..b3c584f94cb33860d90150c6ec0da3b2ebf8bd50 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
@@ -86,12 +86,16 @@ void kvmppc_core_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kvmppc_giveup_ext(vcpu, MSR_VSX);
 }
 
-void kvmppc_core_check_requests(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+int kvmppc_core_check_requests(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	int r = 1; /* Indicate we want to get back into the guest */
+
 	/* We misuse TLB_FLUSH to indicate that we want to clear
 	   all shadow cache entries */
 	if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH, vcpu))
 		kvmppc_mmu_pte_flush(vcpu, 0, 0);
+
+	return r;
 }
 
 /************* MMU Notifiers *************/
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
index 1917802463f5a765afaa74e79eb9914dac542f79..c36493087dbf896b6672ea4016431dfe6593a972 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
@@ -455,14 +455,18 @@ int kvmppc_core_prepare_to_enter(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	return r;
 }
 
-void kvmppc_core_check_requests(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+int kvmppc_core_check_requests(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	int r = 1; /* Indicate we want to get back into the guest */
+
 	if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_PENDING_TIMER, vcpu))
 		update_timer_ints(vcpu);
 #if defined(CONFIG_KVM_E500V2) || defined(CONFIG_KVM_E500MC)
 	if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_TLB_FLUSH, vcpu))
 		kvmppc_core_flush_tlb(vcpu);
 #endif
+
+	return r;
 }
 
 int kvmppc_vcpu_run(struct kvm_run *kvm_run, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index 0e2a98ab6a77147ae97b449bde6514bfc378ba77..54b12af577d05245541f8ec95b5e56900b586b0c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -83,9 +83,11 @@ int kvmppc_prepare_to_enter(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 			/* Make sure we process requests preemptable */
 			local_irq_enable();
 			trace_kvm_check_requests(vcpu);
-			kvmppc_core_check_requests(vcpu);
+			r = kvmppc_core_check_requests(vcpu);
 			local_irq_disable();
-			continue;
+			if (r > 0)
+				continue;
+			break;
 		}
 
 		if (kvmppc_core_prepare_to_enter(vcpu)) {