diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 4d92fb4fdf69..83d1743a1dd0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -2125,10 +2125,9 @@ int kvm_lapic_reg_write(struct kvm_lapic *apic, u32 reg, u32 val)
 		break;
 
 	case APIC_SELF_IPI:
-		if (apic_x2apic_mode(apic)) {
-			kvm_lapic_reg_write(apic, APIC_ICR,
-					    APIC_DEST_SELF | (val & APIC_VECTOR_MASK));
-		} else
+		if (apic_x2apic_mode(apic))
+			kvm_apic_send_ipi(apic, APIC_DEST_SELF | (val & APIC_VECTOR_MASK), 0);
+		else
 			ret = 1;
 		break;
 	default: