diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 68eba393842f..7e8dbd54869a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -2535,13 +2535,17 @@ int kvm_apic_local_deliver(struct kvm_lapic *apic, int lvt_type)
 {
 	u32 reg = kvm_lapic_get_reg(apic, lvt_type);
 	int vector, mode, trig_mode;
+	int r;
 
 	if (kvm_apic_hw_enabled(apic) && !(reg & APIC_LVT_MASKED)) {
 		vector = reg & APIC_VECTOR_MASK;
 		mode = reg & APIC_MODE_MASK;
 		trig_mode = reg & APIC_LVT_LEVEL_TRIGGER;
-		return __apic_accept_irq(apic, mode, vector, 1, trig_mode,
-					NULL);
+
+		r = __apic_accept_irq(apic, mode, vector, 1, trig_mode, NULL);
+		if (r && lvt_type == APIC_LVTPC)
+			kvm_lapic_set_reg(apic, APIC_LVTPC, reg | APIC_LVT_MASKED);
+		return r;
 	}
 	return 0;
 }