diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 658a88483d8b..4e778ba6a5d4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -5747,7 +5747,9 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 		if (copy_from_user(&events, argp, sizeof(struct kvm_vcpu_events)))
 			break;
 
+		kvm_vcpu_srcu_read_lock(vcpu);
 		r = kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_set_vcpu_events(vcpu, &events);
+		kvm_vcpu_srcu_read_unlock(vcpu);
 		break;
 	}
 	case KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS: {