diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 5013ef165f44..27d13b870e07 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -6661,7 +6661,8 @@ static void vcpu_scan_ioapic(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	else {
 		if (vcpu->arch.apicv_active)
 			kvm_x86_ops->sync_pir_to_irr(vcpu);
-		kvm_ioapic_scan_entry(vcpu, vcpu->arch.ioapic_handled_vectors);
+		if (ioapic_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm))
+			kvm_ioapic_scan_entry(vcpu, vcpu->arch.ioapic_handled_vectors);
 	}
 	bitmap_or((ulong *)eoi_exit_bitmap, vcpu->arch.ioapic_handled_vectors,
 		  vcpu_to_synic(vcpu)->vec_bitmap, 256);