diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 39a0e34ff676..8ed1cfc87ef0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -8469,6 +8469,7 @@ static void free_nested(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
 	if (!vmx->nested.vmxon && !vmx->nested.smm.vmxon)
 		return;
 
+	hrtimer_cancel(&vmx->nested.preemption_timer);
 	vmx->nested.vmxon = false;
 	vmx->nested.smm.vmxon = false;
 	free_vpid(vmx->nested.vpid02);