diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
index 373d876c05..7b3da8dc3a 100644
--- a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
+++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
@@ -2812,7 +2812,7 @@ void kvm_flush_coalesced_mmio_buffer(void)
 {
     KVMState *s = kvm_state;
 
-    if (s->coalesced_flush_in_progress) {
+    if (!s || s->coalesced_flush_in_progress) {
         return;
     }