diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index b69ef58e51ee..6e03546faf2e 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -7781,6 +7781,9 @@ static inline bool kvm_vcpu_has_events(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (atomic_read(&vcpu->arch.nmi_queued))
 		return true;
 
+	if (test_bit(KVM_REQ_SMI, &vcpu->requests))
+		return true;
+
 	if (kvm_arch_interrupt_allowed(vcpu) &&
 	    kvm_cpu_has_interrupt(vcpu))
 		return true;