diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c b/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
index c34e1d904ff696f2c8707e0f3de7efc3695b9b51..073b5f387d1dd3484186dd69dcfc5aae63d90b21 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
@@ -1244,6 +1244,8 @@ static int __inject_vm(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_s390_interrupt_info *inti)
 		list_add_tail(&inti->list, &iter->list);
 	}
 	atomic_set(&fi->active, 1);
+	if (atomic_read(&kvm->online_vcpus) == 0)
+		goto unlock_fi;
 	sigcpu = find_first_bit(fi->idle_mask, KVM_MAX_VCPUS);
 	if (sigcpu == KVM_MAX_VCPUS) {
 		do {