diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index a4e9eb329e42489204ace35dbea6e2fe9261de4a..f1bdac3f5aa8a845cb34dbb02cb3321878be8048 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1548,6 +1548,7 @@ static void cancel_apic_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
 	if (apic->lapic_timer.hv_timer_in_use)
 		cancel_hv_timer(apic);
 	preempt_enable();
+	atomic_set(&apic->lapic_timer.pending, 0);
 }
 
 static void apic_update_lvtt(struct kvm_lapic *apic)