diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
index 4d0667a810a4..bf3ec5d66d8c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_pr.c
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void kvmppc_core_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
 	svcpu->slb_max = to_book3s(vcpu)->slb_shadow_max;
 	svcpu_put(svcpu);
 #endif
-
+	vcpu->cpu = smp_processor_id();
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_32
 	current->thread.kvm_shadow_vcpu = to_book3s(vcpu)->shadow_vcpu;
 #endif
@@ -84,6 +84,7 @@ void kvmppc_core_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kvmppc_giveup_ext(vcpu, MSR_FP);
 	kvmppc_giveup_ext(vcpu, MSR_VEC);
 	kvmppc_giveup_ext(vcpu, MSR_VSX);
+	vcpu->cpu = -1;
 }
 
 int kvmppc_core_check_requests(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
index 3a6490fc6fcd..69d047c22d20 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/booke.c
@@ -1509,12 +1509,14 @@ void kvmppc_decrementer_func(unsigned long data)
 
 void kvmppc_booke_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
 {
+	vcpu->cpu = smp_processor_id();
 	current->thread.kvm_vcpu = vcpu;
 }
 
 void kvmppc_booke_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	current->thread.kvm_vcpu = NULL;
+	vcpu->cpu = -1;
 }
 
 int __init kvmppc_booke_init(void)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index 8443e23f3605..6002ea938a48 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -504,7 +504,6 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
 	mtspr(SPRN_VRSAVE, vcpu->arch.vrsave);
 #endif
 	kvmppc_core_vcpu_load(vcpu, cpu);
-	vcpu->cpu = smp_processor_id();
 }
 
 void kvm_arch_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
@@ -513,7 +512,6 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 #ifdef CONFIG_BOOKE
 	vcpu->arch.vrsave = mfspr(SPRN_VRSAVE);
 #endif
-	vcpu->cpu = -1;
 }
 
 int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_guest_debug(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,