diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 3988e26af3b5..bfed29a4c2ce 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1756,7 +1756,7 @@ void kvm_set_lapic_tscdeadline_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 data)
 {
 	struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;
 
-	if (!lapic_in_kernel(vcpu) || apic_lvtt_oneshot(apic) ||
+	if (!kvm_apic_present(vcpu) || apic_lvtt_oneshot(apic) ||
 			apic_lvtt_period(apic))
 		return;