diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 5cd5647120f2b439a8d63b52d223499b48e5ff9e..64cae03b2c20a664bee55e87a7d44b42a08e0ca3 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -7455,7 +7455,8 @@ static void vcpu_scan_ioapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	else {
 		if (vcpu->arch.apicv_active)
 			kvm_x86_ops->sync_pir_to_irr(vcpu);
-		kvm_ioapic_scan_entry(vcpu, vcpu->arch.ioapic_handled_vectors);
+		if (ioapic_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm))
+			kvm_ioapic_scan_entry(vcpu, vcpu->arch.ioapic_handled_vectors);
 	}
 
 	if (is_guest_mode(vcpu))