diff --git a/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 190ad63291fb229e6c0e6b924d94437d3e3ca2d2..946fc86202fdac371a6e32028c16b11967feb668 100644
--- a/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/s390/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -549,6 +549,8 @@ struct kvm_guestdbg_info_arch {
 
 struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 	struct kvm_s390_sie_block *sie_block;
+	/* if vsie is active, currently executed shadow sie control block */
+	struct kvm_s390_sie_block *vsie_block;
 	unsigned int      host_acrs[NUM_ACRS];
 	struct fpu	  host_fpregs;
 	struct kvm_s390_local_interrupt local_int;
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c b/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
index d72c4a877622af43a37680e99d52052e6d8a6b6e..ca19627779db09756beeb18afe59ee60d8f64ac8 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/interrupt.c
@@ -995,6 +995,11 @@ void kvm_s390_vcpu_wakeup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		swake_up(&vcpu->wq);
 		vcpu->stat.halt_wakeup++;
 	}
+	/*
+	 * The VCPU might not be sleeping but is executing the VSIE. Let's
+	 * kick it, so it leaves the SIE to process the request.
+	 */
+	kvm_s390_vsie_kick(vcpu);
 }
 
 enum hrtimer_restart kvm_s390_idle_wakeup(struct hrtimer *timer)
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.h b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.h
index b137fbaac91cd80fe8c3c715b5d563b0a262e28e..ffbbdd28538522694f3ca4f00460e1d63787ebd0 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.h
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.h
@@ -254,6 +254,7 @@ int kvm_s390_handle_eb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
 /* implemented in vsie.c */
 int kvm_s390_handle_vsie(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+void kvm_s390_vsie_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 void kvm_s390_vsie_gmap_notifier(struct gmap *gmap, unsigned long start,
 				 unsigned long end);
 void kvm_s390_vsie_init(struct kvm *kvm);
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c b/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c
index 7482488d21d0a09ab0fc0e69dc03f9109f0783f0..c8c8763e78229bbf27ef524b9061b1cd198a2e3f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/vsie.c
@@ -837,6 +837,23 @@ static int acquire_gmap_shadow(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	return 0;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Register the shadow scb at the VCPU, e.g. for kicking out of vsie.
+ */
+static void register_shadow_scb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
+				struct vsie_page *vsie_page)
+{
+	WRITE_ONCE(vcpu->arch.vsie_block, &vsie_page->scb_s);
+}
+
+/*
+ * Unregister a shadow scb from a VCPU.
+ */
+static void unregister_shadow_scb(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	WRITE_ONCE(vcpu->arch.vsie_block, NULL);
+}
+
 /*
  * Run the vsie on a shadowed scb, managing the gmap shadow, handling
  * prefix pages and faults.
@@ -860,6 +877,7 @@ static int vsie_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vsie_page *vsie_page)
 			rc = do_vsie_run(vcpu, vsie_page);
 			gmap_enable(vcpu->arch.gmap);
 		}
+		atomic_andnot(PROG_BLOCK_SIE, &scb_s->prog20);
 
 		if (rc == -EAGAIN)
 			rc = 0;
@@ -1000,7 +1018,9 @@ int kvm_s390_handle_vsie(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	rc = pin_blocks(vcpu, vsie_page);
 	if (rc)
 		goto out_unshadow;
+	register_shadow_scb(vcpu, vsie_page);
 	rc = vsie_run(vcpu, vsie_page);
+	unregister_shadow_scb(vcpu);
 	unpin_blocks(vcpu, vsie_page);
 out_unshadow:
 	unshadow_scb(vcpu, vsie_page);
@@ -1039,3 +1059,18 @@ void kvm_s390_vsie_destroy(struct kvm *kvm)
 	kvm->arch.vsie.page_count = 0;
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->arch.vsie.mutex);
 }
+
+void kvm_s390_vsie_kick(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	struct kvm_s390_sie_block *scb = READ_ONCE(vcpu->arch.vsie_block);
+
+	/*
+	 * Even if the VCPU lets go of the shadow sie block reference, it is
+	 * still valid in the cache. So we can safely kick it.
+	 */
+	if (scb) {
+		atomic_or(PROG_BLOCK_SIE, &scb->prog20);
+		if (scb->prog0c & PROG_IN_SIE)
+			atomic_or(CPUSTAT_STOP_INT, &scb->cpuflags);
+	}
+}