diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 1a71f6735593724b799386c2ee5194ce200c0fb3..1fa9a6db633da281824c1531fa0ec4c1251193d9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4130,7 +4130,8 @@ void kvm_arch_flush_shadow(struct kvm *kvm)
 int kvm_arch_vcpu_runnable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	return vcpu->arch.mp_state == KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE
-	       || vcpu->arch.mp_state == KVM_MP_STATE_SIPI_RECEIVED;
+	       || vcpu->arch.mp_state == KVM_MP_STATE_SIPI_RECEIVED
+	       || vcpu->arch.nmi_pending;
 }
 
 static void vcpu_kick_intr(void *info)