diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 1c82dda07bc5..39327888bb06 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -2762,6 +2762,8 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_fpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_fpu *fpu)
 
 int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_get_fpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_fpu *fpu)
 {
+	vcpu_load(vcpu);
+
 	/* make sure we have the latest values */
 	save_fpu_regs();
 	if (MACHINE_HAS_VX)
@@ -2770,6 +2772,8 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_get_fpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_fpu *fpu)
 	else
 		memcpy(fpu->fprs, vcpu->run->s.regs.fprs, sizeof(fpu->fprs));
 	fpu->fpc = vcpu->run->s.regs.fpc;
+
+	vcpu_put(vcpu);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 9ef0b9299e93..846d292ea33b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -7702,9 +7702,11 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_translate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 
 int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_get_fpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_fpu *fpu)
 {
-	struct fxregs_state *fxsave =
-			&vcpu->arch.guest_fpu.state.fxsave;
+	struct fxregs_state *fxsave;
 
+	vcpu_load(vcpu);
+
+	fxsave = &vcpu->arch.guest_fpu.state.fxsave;
 	memcpy(fpu->fpr, fxsave->st_space, 128);
 	fpu->fcw = fxsave->cwd;
 	fpu->fsw = fxsave->swd;
@@ -7714,6 +7716,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_get_fpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_fpu *fpu)
 	fpu->last_dp = fxsave->rdp;
 	memcpy(fpu->xmm, fxsave->xmm_space, sizeof fxsave->xmm_space);
 
+	vcpu_put(vcpu);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index b44762fcaf84..5791aa687233 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2704,9 +2704,7 @@ out_free1:
 		r = -ENOMEM;
 		if (!fpu)
 			goto out;
-		vcpu_load(vcpu);
 		r = kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_get_fpu(vcpu, fpu);
-		vcpu_put(vcpu);
 		if (r)
 			goto out;
 		r = -EFAULT;