diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index e179db7c17da..3d8472d00024 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -5300,7 +5300,8 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_set_vcpu_events(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	if (events->flags & KVM_VCPUEVENT_VALID_NMI_PENDING) {
 		vcpu->arch.nmi_pending = 0;
 		atomic_set(&vcpu->arch.nmi_queued, events->nmi.pending);
-		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_NMI, vcpu);
+		if (events->nmi.pending)
+			kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_NMI, vcpu);
 	}
 	static_call(kvm_x86_set_nmi_mask)(vcpu, events->nmi.masked);