diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
index b72a3dd56204..f21a2a575939 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
@@ -105,16 +105,33 @@ int kvm_arch_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
  * This function finds the right table above and sets the registers on
  * the virtual CPU struct to their architecturally defined reset
  * values.
+ *
+ * Note: This function can be called from two paths: The KVM_ARM_VCPU_INIT
+ * ioctl or as part of handling a request issued by another VCPU in the PSCI
+ * handling code.  In the first case, the VCPU will not be loaded, and in the
+ * second case the VCPU will be loaded.  Because this function operates purely
+ * on the memory-backed valus of system registers, we want to do a full put if
+ * we were loaded (handling a request) and load the values back at the end of
+ * the function.  Otherwise we leave the state alone.  In both cases, we
+ * disable preemption around the vcpu reset as we would otherwise race with
+ * preempt notifiers which also call put/load.
  */
 int kvm_reset_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	const struct kvm_regs *cpu_reset;
+	int ret = -EINVAL;
+	bool loaded;
+
+	preempt_disable();
+	loaded = (vcpu->cpu != -1);
+	if (loaded)
+		kvm_arch_vcpu_put(vcpu);
 
 	switch (vcpu->arch.target) {
 	default:
 		if (test_bit(KVM_ARM_VCPU_EL1_32BIT, vcpu->arch.features)) {
 			if (!cpu_has_32bit_el1())
-				return -EINVAL;
+				goto out;
 			cpu_reset = &default_regs_reset32;
 		} else {
 			cpu_reset = &default_regs_reset;
@@ -137,7 +154,12 @@ int kvm_reset_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		vcpu->arch.workaround_flags |= VCPU_WORKAROUND_2_FLAG;
 
 	/* Reset timer */
-	return kvm_timer_vcpu_reset(vcpu);
+	ret = kvm_timer_vcpu_reset(vcpu);
+out:
+	if (loaded)
+		kvm_arch_vcpu_load(vcpu, smp_processor_id());
+	preempt_enable();
+	return ret;
 }
 
 void kvm_set_ipa_limit(void)