diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index a7b62a00913e..2d285cb545a8 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -3762,14 +3762,6 @@ static void prepare_vmcs12(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vmcs12 *vmcs12,
 			nested_vmx_abort(vcpu,
 					 VMX_ABORT_SAVE_GUEST_MSR_FAIL);
 	}
-
-	/*
-	 * Drop what we picked up for L2 via vmx_complete_interrupts. It is
-	 * preserved above and would only end up incorrectly in L1.
-	 */
-	vcpu->arch.nmi_injected = false;
-	kvm_clear_exception_queue(vcpu);
-	kvm_clear_interrupt_queue(vcpu);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -4104,6 +4096,17 @@ void nested_vmx_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u32 exit_reason,
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(nested_early_check);
 	}
 
+	/*
+	 * Drop events/exceptions that were queued for re-injection to L2
+	 * (picked up via vmx_complete_interrupts()), as well as exceptions
+	 * that were pending for L2.  Note, this must NOT be hoisted above
+	 * prepare_vmcs12(), events/exceptions queued for re-injection need to
+	 * be captured in vmcs12 (see vmcs12_save_pending_event()).
+	 */
+	vcpu->arch.nmi_injected = false;
+	kvm_clear_exception_queue(vcpu);
+	kvm_clear_interrupt_queue(vcpu);
+
 	vmx_switch_vmcs(vcpu, &vmx->vmcs01);
 
 	/* Update any VMCS fields that might have changed while L2 ran */