diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 8575d85202d79b8c8cb7ca4c7d454115a3cb0bca..bd59e8ede88e0ba1d7c82ce1bcc252bf3068602a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -360,8 +360,8 @@ void kvm_propagate_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct x86_exception *fault)
 
 void kvm_inject_nmi(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_NMI, vcpu);
 	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, vcpu);
-	vcpu->arch.nmi_pending = 1;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_inject_nmi);
 
@@ -5180,6 +5180,8 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 			r = 1;
 			goto out;
 		}
+		if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_NMI, vcpu))
+			vcpu->arch.nmi_pending = true;
 	}
 
 	r = kvm_mmu_reload(vcpu);
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 3751ea0d1f927851d06d64462932859d3a9399f7..ab428552af8e80744cf5ab3d2eb1924208d26d75 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
 #define KVM_REQ_DEACTIVATE_FPU    10
 #define KVM_REQ_EVENT             11
 #define KVM_REQ_APF_HALT          12
+#define KVM_REQ_NMI               13
 
 #define KVM_USERSPACE_IRQ_SOURCE_ID	0