diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v2.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v2.c
index b44b359cbbad..78e34bc4d89b 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v2.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-mmio-v2.c
@@ -129,6 +129,7 @@ static void vgic_mmio_write_target(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 				   unsigned long val)
 {
 	u32 intid = VGIC_ADDR_TO_INTID(addr, 8);
+	u8 cpu_mask = GENMASK(atomic_read(&vcpu->kvm->online_vcpus) - 1, 0);
 	int i;
 
 	/* GICD_ITARGETSR[0-7] are read-only */
@@ -141,7 +142,7 @@ static void vgic_mmio_write_target(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 
 		spin_lock(&irq->irq_lock);
 
-		irq->targets = (val >> (i * 8)) & 0xff;
+		irq->targets = (val >> (i * 8)) & cpu_mask;
 		target = irq->targets ? __ffs(irq->targets) : 0;
 		irq->target_vcpu = kvm_get_vcpu(vcpu->kvm, target);