diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 86f5bf121838924bd23d388fb0562a8759b05a08..61c2a3a8d20a9635da6c0d2d48705dba84ac1156 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -1605,9 +1605,6 @@ static int vmx_vcpu_setup(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
 	vmcs_writel(CR0_GUEST_HOST_MASK, ~0UL);
 	vmcs_writel(CR4_GUEST_HOST_MASK, KVM_GUEST_CR4_MASK);
 
-	if (vm_need_virtualize_apic_accesses(vmx->vcpu.kvm))
-		if (alloc_apic_access_page(vmx->vcpu.kvm) != 0)
-			return -ENOMEM;
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -2537,6 +2534,9 @@ static struct kvm_vcpu *vmx_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned int id)
 	put_cpu();
 	if (err)
 		goto free_vmcs;
+	if (vm_need_virtualize_apic_accesses(kvm))
+		if (alloc_apic_access_page(kvm) != 0)
+			goto free_vmcs;
 
 	return &vmx->vcpu;