diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 3d50e50de6266ebf2a4ead936c37ea5430a1df27..51ebb60e1533a9ee648a707295d1d1937d63e65e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -2113,7 +2113,8 @@ static void vmx_start_preemption_timer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	preemption_timeout *= 1000000;
 	do_div(preemption_timeout, vcpu->arch.virtual_tsc_khz);
 	hrtimer_start(&vmx->nested.preemption_timer,
-		      ns_to_ktime(preemption_timeout), HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
+		      ktime_add_ns(ktime_get(), preemption_timeout),
+		      HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
 }
 
 static u64 nested_vmx_calc_efer(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx, struct vmcs12 *vmcs12)
@@ -4673,7 +4674,7 @@ static int enter_vmx_operation(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		goto out_shadow_vmcs;
 
 	hrtimer_init(&vmx->nested.preemption_timer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC,
-		     HRTIMER_MODE_REL_PINNED);
+		     HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
 	vmx->nested.preemption_timer.function = vmx_preemption_timer_fn;
 
 	vmx->nested.vpid02 = allocate_vpid();