diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 32f6b760682c283894c967ccab0d4ff76beafdea..f254e296d368fe299e32d403e1c32aff7ac95b91 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2806,6 +2806,7 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		return -EEXIST;
 
 	vcpu->arch.pending_external_vector = irq->irq;
+	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, vcpu);
 	return 0;
 }