diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
index 773420203305..c1a758038892 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.c
@@ -465,11 +465,24 @@ static int has_svm(void)
 	return 1;
 }
 
+void __svm_write_tsc_multiplier(u64 multiplier)
+{
+	preempt_disable();
+
+	if (multiplier == __this_cpu_read(current_tsc_ratio))
+		goto out;
+
+	wrmsrl(MSR_AMD64_TSC_RATIO, multiplier);
+	__this_cpu_write(current_tsc_ratio, multiplier);
+out:
+	preempt_enable();
+}
+
 static void svm_hardware_disable(void)
 {
 	/* Make sure we clean up behind us */
 	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSCRATEMSR))
-		wrmsrl(MSR_AMD64_TSC_RATIO, TSC_RATIO_DEFAULT);
+		__svm_write_tsc_multiplier(TSC_RATIO_DEFAULT);
 
 	cpu_svm_disable();
 
@@ -511,8 +524,11 @@ static int svm_hardware_enable(void)
 	wrmsrl(MSR_VM_HSAVE_PA, __sme_page_pa(sd->save_area));
 
 	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSCRATEMSR)) {
-		wrmsrl(MSR_AMD64_TSC_RATIO, TSC_RATIO_DEFAULT);
-		__this_cpu_write(current_tsc_ratio, TSC_RATIO_DEFAULT);
+		/*
+		 * Set the default value, even if we don't use TSC scaling
+		 * to avoid having stale value in the msr
+		 */
+		__svm_write_tsc_multiplier(TSC_RATIO_DEFAULT);
 	}
 
 
@@ -1125,9 +1141,10 @@ static void svm_write_tsc_offset(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 offset)
 
 static void svm_write_tsc_multiplier(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 multiplier)
 {
-	wrmsrl(MSR_AMD64_TSC_RATIO, multiplier);
+	__svm_write_tsc_multiplier(multiplier);
 }
 
+
 /* Evaluate instruction intercepts that depend on guest CPUID features. */
 static void svm_recalc_instruction_intercepts(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 					      struct vcpu_svm *svm)
@@ -1451,13 +1468,8 @@ static void svm_prepare_guest_switch(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		vmsave(__sme_page_pa(sd->save_area));
 	}
 
-	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSCRATEMSR)) {
-		u64 tsc_ratio = vcpu->arch.tsc_scaling_ratio;
-		if (tsc_ratio != __this_cpu_read(current_tsc_ratio)) {
-			__this_cpu_write(current_tsc_ratio, tsc_ratio);
-			wrmsrl(MSR_AMD64_TSC_RATIO, tsc_ratio);
-		}
-	}
+	if (static_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_TSCRATEMSR))
+		__svm_write_tsc_multiplier(vcpu->arch.tsc_scaling_ratio);
 
 	if (likely(tsc_aux_uret_slot >= 0))
 		kvm_set_user_return_msr(tsc_aux_uret_slot, svm->tsc_aux, -1ull);
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
index 7004f356edf9..1d9b1a9e4398 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/svm.h
@@ -487,6 +487,7 @@ int nested_svm_check_exception(struct vcpu_svm *svm, unsigned nr,
 int nested_svm_exit_special(struct vcpu_svm *svm);
 void nested_load_control_from_vmcb12(struct vcpu_svm *svm,
 				     struct vmcb_control_area *control);
+void __svm_write_tsc_multiplier(u64 multiplier);
 void nested_sync_control_from_vmcb02(struct vcpu_svm *svm);
 void nested_vmcb02_compute_g_pat(struct vcpu_svm *svm);
 void svm_switch_vmcb(struct vcpu_svm *svm, struct kvm_vmcb_info *target_vmcb);