diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
index 37fd20d3575942cbab5b322817809eebbcea4957..9bdf181a00e22d92d9b4551fd82bc8c693fcc3fa 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
@@ -1585,7 +1585,8 @@ static bool vgic_update_irq_pending(struct kvm *kvm, int cpuid,
 int kvm_vgic_inject_irq(struct kvm *kvm, int cpuid, unsigned int irq_num,
 			bool level)
 {
-	if (vgic_update_irq_pending(kvm, cpuid, irq_num, level))
+	if (likely(vgic_initialized(kvm)) &&
+	    vgic_update_irq_pending(kvm, cpuid, irq_num, level))
 		vgic_kick_vcpus(kvm);
 
 	return 0;