diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 75a273bc1c52..0ea909ca45c2 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -11246,7 +11246,6 @@ static int vmx_check_nested_events(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool external_intr)
 		if (block_nested_events)
 			return -EBUSY;
 		nested_vmx_inject_exception_vmexit(vcpu, exit_qual);
-		vcpu->arch.exception.pending = false;
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
index d0b95b7a90b4..6d112d8f799c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 
 static inline void kvm_clear_exception_queue(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	vcpu->arch.exception.pending = false;
 	vcpu->arch.exception.injected = false;
 }