diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index bcfc0bc15153..2d26a898ac6c 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -104,7 +104,6 @@ LIST_HEAD(vm_list);
 
 static DEFINE_PER_CPU(bool, hardware_enabled);
 static int kvm_usage_count;
-static atomic_t hardware_enable_failed;
 
 static struct kmem_cache *kvm_vcpu_cache;
 
@@ -5094,19 +5093,25 @@ static struct miscdevice kvm_dev = {
 	&kvm_chardev_ops,
 };
 
-static void hardware_enable_nolock(void *junk)
+static int __hardware_enable_nolock(void)
 {
 	if (__this_cpu_read(hardware_enabled))
-		return;
+		return 0;
 
 	if (kvm_arch_hardware_enable()) {
-		atomic_inc(&hardware_enable_failed);
 		pr_info("kvm: enabling virtualization on CPU%d failed\n",
 			raw_smp_processor_id());
-		return;
+		return -EIO;
 	}
 
 	__this_cpu_write(hardware_enabled, true);
+	return 0;
+}
+
+static void hardware_enable_nolock(void *failed)
+{
+	if (__hardware_enable_nolock())
+		atomic_inc(failed);
 }
 
 static int kvm_online_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
@@ -5119,16 +5124,8 @@ static int kvm_online_cpu(unsigned int cpu)
 	 * errors when scheduled to this CPU.
 	 */
 	mutex_lock(&kvm_lock);
-	if (kvm_usage_count) {
-		WARN_ON_ONCE(atomic_read(&hardware_enable_failed));
-
-		hardware_enable_nolock(NULL);
-
-		if (atomic_read(&hardware_enable_failed)) {
-			atomic_set(&hardware_enable_failed, 0);
-			ret = -EIO;
-		}
-	}
+	if (kvm_usage_count)
+		ret = __hardware_enable_nolock();
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm_lock);
 	return ret;
 }
@@ -5176,6 +5173,7 @@ static void hardware_disable_all(void)
 
 static int hardware_enable_all(void)
 {
+	atomic_t failed = ATOMIC_INIT(0);
 	int r = 0;
 
 	/*
@@ -5191,10 +5189,9 @@ static int hardware_enable_all(void)
 
 	kvm_usage_count++;
 	if (kvm_usage_count == 1) {
-		atomic_set(&hardware_enable_failed, 0);
-		on_each_cpu(hardware_enable_nolock, NULL, 1);
+		on_each_cpu(hardware_enable_nolock, &failed, 1);
 
-		if (atomic_read(&hardware_enable_failed)) {
+		if (atomic_read(&failed)) {
 			hardware_disable_all_nolock();
 			r = -EBUSY;
 		}
@@ -5828,7 +5825,7 @@ static void kvm_resume(void)
 	lockdep_assert_irqs_disabled();
 
 	if (kvm_usage_count)
-		hardware_enable_nolock(NULL);
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(__hardware_enable_nolock());
 }
 
 static struct syscore_ops kvm_syscore_ops = {