diff --git a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
index 3186256d9c0ceae12b8945d4b1d78f331064bbff..74285118ff4460ce581460da227fff05f64d2cb6 100644
--- a/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
+++ b/Documentation/admin-guide/kernel-parameters.txt
@@ -5325,6 +5325,11 @@
 			with /sys/devices/system/xen_memory/xen_memory0/scrub_pages.
 			Default value controlled with CONFIG_XEN_SCRUB_PAGES_DEFAULT.
 
+	nopvspin        [X86,KVM]
+			Disables the qspinlock slow path using PV optimizations
+			which allow the hypervisor to 'idle' the guest on lock
+			contention.
+
 	xirc2ps_cs=	[NET,PCMCIA]
 			Format:
 			<irq>,<irq_mask>,<io>,<full_duplex>,<do_sound>,<lockup_hack>[,<irq2>[,<irq3>[,<irq4>]]]
diff --git a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
index e34ffb0af6bd2cfb5a82b31aaae5c6eae3995251..4d425673d831ac0659ae2ce7f97150854fbe1ec7 100644
--- a/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
+++ b/arch/x86/include/asm/qspinlock.h
@@ -39,6 +39,7 @@ extern void native_queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val);
 extern void __pv_init_lock_hash(void);
 extern void __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath(struct qspinlock *lock, u32 val);
 extern void __raw_callee_save___pv_queued_spin_unlock(struct qspinlock *lock);
+extern bool nopvspin;
 
 #define	queued_spin_unlock queued_spin_unlock
 /**
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index 9c52eec69bfc674a58c7544579b04164e5fdd8f8..d1ccd5bbf62315e1aa5e08861eda07c6fa704742 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -843,16 +843,36 @@ void __init kvm_spinlock_init(void)
 {
 	if (!kvm_para_available())
 		return;
-	/* Does host kernel support KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT? */
-	if (!kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT))
+	/*
+	 * In case host doesn't support KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT there is still an
+	 * advantage of keeping virt_spin_lock_key enabled: virt_spin_lock() is
+	 * preferred over native qspinlock when vCPU is preempted.
+	 */
+	if (!kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_PV_UNHALT)) {
+		pr_info("PV spinlocks disabled, no host support\n");
 		return;
+	}
 
-	if (kvm_para_has_hint(KVM_HINTS_REALTIME))
-		return;
+	/*
+	 * Disable PV spinlocks and use native qspinlock when dedicated pCPUs
+	 * are available.
+	 */
+	if (kvm_para_has_hint(KVM_HINTS_REALTIME)) {
+		pr_info("PV spinlocks disabled with KVM_HINTS_REALTIME hints\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
 
-	/* Don't use the pvqspinlock code if there is only 1 vCPU. */
-	if (num_possible_cpus() == 1)
-		return;
+	if (num_possible_cpus() == 1) {
+		pr_info("PV spinlocks disabled, single CPU\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	if (nopvspin) {
+		pr_info("PV spinlocks disabled, forced by \"nopvspin\" parameter\n");
+		goto out;
+	}
+
+	pr_info("PV spinlocks enabled\n");
 
 	__pv_init_lock_hash();
 	pv_lock_ops.queued_spin_lock_slowpath = __pv_queued_spin_lock_slowpath;
@@ -864,6 +884,13 @@ void __init kvm_spinlock_init(void)
 		pv_lock_ops.vcpu_is_preempted =
 			PV_CALLEE_SAVE(__kvm_vcpu_is_preempted);
 	}
+	/*
+	 * When PV spinlock is enabled which is preferred over
+	 * virt_spin_lock(), virt_spin_lock_key's value is meaningless.
+	 * Just disable it anyway.
+	 */
+out:
+	static_branch_disable(&virt_spin_lock_key);
 }
 
 #endif	/* CONFIG_PARAVIRT_SPINLOCKS */
diff --git a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
index a33c509199fd80a65fb67105955b96cee8f902ee..fd148973080f640ebab1636879cb997a478bb39b 100644
--- a/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
+++ b/kernel/locking/qspinlock.c
@@ -631,4 +631,11 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL(queued_spin_lock_slowpath);
 #include "qspinlock_paravirt.h"
 #include "qspinlock.c"
 
+bool nopvspin __initdata;
+static __init int parse_nopvspin(char *arg)
+{
+	nopvspin = true;
+	return 0;
+}
+early_param("nopvspin", parse_nopvspin);
 #endif