diff --git a/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c b/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
index 1b66d5c70eaf65fc88fa1146313071843a069993..9f4ac8b02de407f756bf69e7756ac5422f5cb0a7 100644
--- a/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
+++ b/arch/i386/kernel/alternative.c
@@ -366,6 +366,8 @@ void apply_paravirt(struct paravirt_patch_site *start,
 		unsigned int used;
 
 		BUG_ON(p->len > MAX_PATCH_LEN);
+		/* prep the buffer with the original instructions */
+		memcpy(insnbuf, p->instr, p->len);
 		used = paravirt_ops.patch(p->instrtype, p->clobbers, insnbuf,
 					  (unsigned long)p->instr, p->len);