diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c b/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
index 5976609ef27cb9bf47ca997e08be38833d51f5d3..7933b1f8f7b72382c54f08050d8ad2fccf461298 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/arch_timer.c
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ static void kvm_timer_inject_irq_work(struct work_struct *work)
 	 * If the vcpu is blocked we want to wake it up so that it will see
 	 * the timer has expired when entering the guest.
 	 */
-	kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+	kvm_vcpu_wake_up(vcpu);
 }
 
 static u64 kvm_timer_compute_delta(struct arch_timer_context *timer_ctx)