diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index 491e1d9ca750..d77481ecb0d5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -624,7 +624,7 @@ static void kvm_smp_send_call_func_ipi(const struct cpumask *mask)
 
 	/* Make sure other vCPUs get a chance to run if they need to. */
 	for_each_cpu(cpu, mask) {
-		if (vcpu_is_preempted(cpu)) {
+		if (!idle_cpu(cpu) && vcpu_is_preempted(cpu)) {
 			kvm_hypercall1(KVM_HC_SCHED_YIELD, per_cpu(x86_cpu_to_apicid, cpu));
 			break;
 		}