diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
index eb9b76c716c2277d147f2a3b4ad12456ec57dfb6..ca43ce31a19c241dcf224cf15d952026b269353a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
@@ -128,13 +128,15 @@ static struct clocksource kvm_clock = {
 static int kvm_register_clock(char *txt)
 {
 	int cpu = smp_processor_id();
-	int low, high;
+	int low, high, ret;
+
 	low = (int)__pa(&per_cpu(hv_clock, cpu)) | 1;
 	high = ((u64)__pa(&per_cpu(hv_clock, cpu)) >> 32);
+	ret = native_write_msr_safe(msr_kvm_system_time, low, high);
 	printk(KERN_INFO "kvm-clock: cpu %d, msr %x:%x, %s\n",
 	       cpu, high, low, txt);
 
-	return native_write_msr_safe(msr_kvm_system_time, low, high);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC