diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c b/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
index 9e3391e9a1b7bd45cd6965f8ab9bb03dab317dba..c0f7872a9124873ac9c01937bd4400ca2f3fe47b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/i8254.c
@@ -198,14 +198,11 @@ static int __pit_timer_fn(struct kvm_kpit_state *ps)
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu0 = ps->pit->kvm->vcpus[0];
 	struct kvm_kpit_timer *pt = &ps->pit_timer;
 
-	atomic_inc(&pt->pending);
-	smp_mb__after_atomic_inc();
-	if (vcpu0) {
+	if (!atomic_inc_and_test(&pt->pending))
 		set_bit(KVM_REQ_PENDING_TIMER, &vcpu0->requests);
-		if (waitqueue_active(&vcpu0->wq)) {
-			vcpu0->arch.mp_state = KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE;
-			wake_up_interruptible(&vcpu0->wq);
-		}
+	if (vcpu0 && waitqueue_active(&vcpu0->wq)) {
+		vcpu0->arch.mp_state = KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE;
+		wake_up_interruptible(&vcpu0->wq);
 	}
 
 	pt->timer.expires = ktime_add_ns(pt->timer.expires, pt->period);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 180ba7316da5e57831903ef33893b016b4c63ebd..73f43de69f676b9a784de04b4a7b5dbd43ecc3b1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -945,8 +945,8 @@ static int __apic_timer_fn(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
 	int result = 0;
 	wait_queue_head_t *q = &apic->vcpu->wq;
 
-	atomic_inc(&apic->timer.pending);
-	set_bit(KVM_REQ_PENDING_TIMER, &apic->vcpu->requests);
+	if(!atomic_inc_and_test(&apic->timer.pending))
+		set_bit(KVM_REQ_PENDING_TIMER, &apic->vcpu->requests);
 	if (waitqueue_active(q)) {
 		apic->vcpu->arch.mp_state = KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE;
 		wake_up_interruptible(q);