diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index 65be36166989..b8bfb46d58f4 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -4328,10 +4328,6 @@ static u32 vmx_secondary_exec_control(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
 
 #define VMX_XSS_EXIT_BITMAP 0
 
-/*
- * Noting that the initialization of Guest-state Area of VMCS is in
- * vmx_vcpu_reset().
- */
 static void init_vmcs(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
 {
 	if (nested)
@@ -4436,10 +4432,40 @@ static void init_vmcs(struct vcpu_vmx *vmx)
 	vmx_setup_uret_msrs(vmx);
 }
 
+static void __vmx_vcpu_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
+
+	init_vmcs(vmx);
+
+	if (nested)
+		memcpy(&vmx->nested.msrs, &vmcs_config.nested, sizeof(vmx->nested.msrs));
+
+	vcpu_setup_sgx_lepubkeyhash(vcpu);
+
+	vmx->nested.posted_intr_nv = -1;
+	vmx->nested.vmxon_ptr = INVALID_GPA;
+	vmx->nested.current_vmptr = INVALID_GPA;
+	vmx->nested.hv_evmcs_vmptr = EVMPTR_INVALID;
+
+	vcpu->arch.microcode_version = 0x100000000ULL;
+	vmx->msr_ia32_feature_control_valid_bits = FEAT_CTL_LOCKED;
+
+	/*
+	 * Enforce invariant: pi_desc.nv is always either POSTED_INTR_VECTOR
+	 * or POSTED_INTR_WAKEUP_VECTOR.
+	 */
+	vmx->pi_desc.nv = POSTED_INTR_VECTOR;
+	vmx->pi_desc.sn = 1;
+}
+
 static void vmx_vcpu_reset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, bool init_event)
 {
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
 
+	if (!init_event)
+		__vmx_vcpu_reset(vcpu);
+
 	vmx->rmode.vm86_active = 0;
 	vmx->spec_ctrl = 0;
 
@@ -6816,7 +6842,7 @@ static int vmx_create_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct vmx_uret_msr *tsx_ctrl;
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx;
-	int i, cpu, err;
+	int i, err;
 
 	BUILD_BUG_ON(offsetof(struct vcpu_vmx, vcpu) != 0);
 	vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
@@ -6875,12 +6901,7 @@ static int vmx_create_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	}
 
 	vmx->loaded_vmcs = &vmx->vmcs01;
-	cpu = get_cpu();
-	vmx_vcpu_load(vcpu, cpu);
-	vcpu->cpu = cpu;
-	init_vmcs(vmx);
-	vmx_vcpu_put(vcpu);
-	put_cpu();
+
 	if (cpu_need_virtualize_apic_accesses(vcpu)) {
 		err = alloc_apic_access_page(vcpu->kvm);
 		if (err)
@@ -6893,26 +6914,6 @@ static int vmx_create_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 			goto free_vmcs;
 	}
 
-	if (nested)
-		memcpy(&vmx->nested.msrs, &vmcs_config.nested, sizeof(vmx->nested.msrs));
-
-	vcpu_setup_sgx_lepubkeyhash(vcpu);
-
-	vmx->nested.posted_intr_nv = -1;
-	vmx->nested.vmxon_ptr = INVALID_GPA;
-	vmx->nested.current_vmptr = INVALID_GPA;
-	vmx->nested.hv_evmcs_vmptr = EVMPTR_INVALID;
-
-	vcpu->arch.microcode_version = 0x100000000ULL;
-	vmx->msr_ia32_feature_control_valid_bits = FEAT_CTL_LOCKED;
-
-	/*
-	 * Enforce invariant: pi_desc.nv is always either POSTED_INTR_VECTOR
-	 * or POSTED_INTR_WAKEUP_VECTOR.
-	 */
-	vmx->pi_desc.nv = POSTED_INTR_VECTOR;
-	vmx->pi_desc.sn = 1;
-
 	return 0;
 
 free_vmcs: