diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
index b7200595cbd4316d56e136eac2863a5b29413abc..0e5b492940867b037236959a76629ce489429d0e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
@@ -675,10 +675,18 @@ int svm_deliver_avic_intr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int vec)
 	smp_mb__after_atomic();
 
 	if (avic_vcpu_is_running(vcpu)) {
-		int cpuid = vcpu->cpu;
+		int cpu = READ_ONCE(vcpu->cpu);
 
-		if (cpuid != get_cpu())
-			wrmsrl(SVM_AVIC_DOORBELL, kvm_cpu_get_apicid(cpuid));
+		/*
+		 * Note, the vCPU could get migrated to a different pCPU at any
+		 * point, which could result in signalling the wrong/previous
+		 * pCPU.  But if that happens the vCPU is guaranteed to do a
+		 * VMRUN (after being migrated) and thus will process pending
+		 * interrupts, i.e. a doorbell is not needed (and the spurious
+		 * one is harmless).
+		 */
+		if (cpu != get_cpu())
+			wrmsrl(SVM_AVIC_DOORBELL, kvm_cpu_get_apicid(cpu));
 		put_cpu();
 	} else
 		kvm_vcpu_wake_up(vcpu);