diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index b54125b590e8893afa170a965002b37654f638e3..3b5fc7e35f6ef5e99cdf0e82d8c1f342cfad28ae 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -1763,6 +1763,7 @@ u64 get_kvmclock_ns(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	struct kvm_arch *ka = &kvm->arch;
 	struct pvclock_vcpu_time_info hv_clock;
+	u64 ret;
 
 	spin_lock(&ka->pvclock_gtod_sync_lock);
 	if (!ka->use_master_clock) {
@@ -1774,10 +1775,17 @@ u64 get_kvmclock_ns(struct kvm *kvm)
 	hv_clock.system_time = ka->master_kernel_ns + ka->kvmclock_offset;
 	spin_unlock(&ka->pvclock_gtod_sync_lock);
 
+	/* both __this_cpu_read() and rdtsc() should be on the same cpu */
+	get_cpu();
+
 	kvm_get_time_scale(NSEC_PER_SEC, __this_cpu_read(cpu_tsc_khz) * 1000LL,
 			   &hv_clock.tsc_shift,
 			   &hv_clock.tsc_to_system_mul);
-	return __pvclock_read_cycles(&hv_clock, rdtsc());
+	ret = __pvclock_read_cycles(&hv_clock, rdtsc());
+
+	put_cpu();
+
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static void kvm_setup_pvclock_page(struct kvm_vcpu *v)