diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index d2fa192d7ce7..fb274bae41e2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -4908,7 +4908,7 @@ void nested_vmx_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 vm_exit_reason,
 
 	if (vmx->nested.update_vmcs01_apicv_status) {
 		vmx->nested.update_vmcs01_apicv_status = false;
-		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_APICV_UPDATE, vcpu);
+		vmx_refresh_apicv_exec_ctrl(vcpu);
 	}
 
 	if (vmx->nested.update_vmcs01_hwapic_isr) {
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 9b1f22bcb716..4dd3f64a1a8c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -4451,7 +4451,7 @@ static u32 vmx_vmexit_ctrl(void)
 		~(VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL | VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_EFER);
 }
 
-static void vmx_refresh_apicv_exec_ctrl(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+void vmx_refresh_apicv_exec_ctrl(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
index 5d73d3e570d7..ed611a9ccbc2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.h
@@ -395,6 +395,7 @@ void __vmx_set_segment(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_segment *var, int seg);
 u64 construct_eptp(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, hpa_t root_hpa, int root_level);
 
 bool vmx_guest_inject_ac(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+void vmx_refresh_apicv_exec_ctrl(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 void vmx_update_exception_bitmap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 bool vmx_nmi_blocked(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 bool __vmx_interrupt_blocked(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);