diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 5f59a567f246..8cfdb6484fd0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1944,14 +1944,13 @@ void kvm_lapic_set_base(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 value)
 
 void kvm_lapic_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool init_event)
 {
-	struct kvm_lapic *apic;
+	struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;
 	int i;
 
-	apic_debug("%s\n", __func__);
+	if (!apic)
+		return;
 
-	ASSERT(vcpu);
-	apic = vcpu->arch.apic;
-	ASSERT(apic != NULL);
+	apic_debug("%s\n", __func__);
 
 	/* Stop the timer in case it's a reset to an active apic */
 	hrtimer_cancel(&apic->lapic_timer.timer);
@@ -2510,7 +2509,6 @@ void kvm_apic_accept_events(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	pe = xchg(&apic->pending_events, 0);
 	if (test_bit(KVM_APIC_INIT, &pe)) {
-		kvm_lapic_reset(vcpu, true);
 		kvm_vcpu_reset(vcpu, true);
 		if (kvm_vcpu_is_bsp(apic->vcpu))
 			vcpu->arch.mp_state = KVM_MP_STATE_RUNNABLE;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 64d2e692aeb7..7ab26f88ec05 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -7779,7 +7779,6 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_setup(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (r)
 		return r;
 	kvm_vcpu_reset(vcpu, false);
-	kvm_lapic_reset(vcpu, false);
 	kvm_mmu_setup(vcpu);
 	vcpu_put(vcpu);
 	return r;
@@ -7822,6 +7821,8 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 void kvm_vcpu_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool init_event)
 {
+	kvm_lapic_reset(vcpu, init_event);
+
 	vcpu->arch.hflags = 0;
 
 	vcpu->arch.smi_pending = 0;