diff --git a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
index 66cf65b510b11c1c245db3b6a435e040ac3606fc..c1f1e3c6298462f8ed4d672257dac3b4da081b33 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/eventfd.c
@@ -218,7 +218,6 @@ kvm_irqfd_assign(struct kvm *kvm, int fd, int gsi)
 	events = file->f_op->poll(file, &irqfd->pt);
 
 	list_add_tail(&irqfd->list, &kvm->irqfds.items);
-	spin_unlock_irq(&kvm->irqfds.lock);
 
 	/*
 	 * Check if there was an event already pending on the eventfd
@@ -227,6 +226,8 @@ kvm_irqfd_assign(struct kvm *kvm, int fd, int gsi)
 	if (events & POLLIN)
 		schedule_work(&irqfd->inject);
 
+	spin_unlock_irq(&kvm->irqfds.lock);
+
 	/*
 	 * do not drop the file until the irqfd is fully initialized, otherwise
 	 * we might race against the POLLHUP
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index d4853a54771a04a2bb3e126b1aa54ec13e5c29d0..5186e728c53ed7e27ba6d32df31d37f7aa140ebc 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -1970,10 +1970,12 @@ static int kvm_cpu_hotplug(struct notifier_block *notifier, unsigned long val,
 
 asmlinkage void kvm_handle_fault_on_reboot(void)
 {
-	if (kvm_rebooting)
+	if (kvm_rebooting) {
 		/* spin while reset goes on */
+		local_irq_enable();
 		while (true)
 			;
+	}
 	/* Fault while not rebooting.  We want the trace. */
 	BUG();
 }