diff --git a/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index dd7cee795709..c8c04a1f1c9f 100644
--- a/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/mips/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -400,7 +400,10 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 	/* Host KSEG0 address of the EI/DI offset */
 	void *kseg0_commpage;
 
-	u32 io_gpr;		/* GPR used as IO source/target */
+	/* Resume PC after MMIO completion */
+	unsigned long io_pc;
+	/* GPR used as IO source/target */
+	u32 io_gpr;
 
 	struct hrtimer comparecount_timer;
 	/* Count timer control KVM register */
@@ -422,8 +425,6 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 	/* Bitmask of pending exceptions to be cleared */
 	unsigned long pending_exceptions_clr;
 
-	unsigned long pending_load_cause;
-
 	/* Save/Restore the entryhi register when are are preempted/scheduled back in */
 	unsigned long preempt_entryhi;
 
diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c
index 4298aeb1e20f..4c85ab808f99 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -1473,6 +1473,7 @@ enum emulation_result kvm_mips_emulate_load(uint32_t inst, uint32_t cause,
 					    struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	enum emulation_result er = EMULATE_DO_MMIO;
+	unsigned long curr_pc;
 	int32_t op, base, rt, offset;
 	uint32_t bytes;
 
@@ -1481,7 +1482,18 @@ enum emulation_result kvm_mips_emulate_load(uint32_t inst, uint32_t cause,
 	offset = inst & 0xffff;
 	op = (inst >> 26) & 0x3f;
 
-	vcpu->arch.pending_load_cause = cause;
+	/*
+	 * Find the resume PC now while we have safe and easy access to the
+	 * prior branch instruction, and save it for
+	 * kvm_mips_complete_mmio_load() to restore later.
+	 */
+	curr_pc = vcpu->arch.pc;
+	er = update_pc(vcpu, cause);
+	if (er == EMULATE_FAIL)
+		return er;
+	vcpu->arch.io_pc = vcpu->arch.pc;
+	vcpu->arch.pc = curr_pc;
+
 	vcpu->arch.io_gpr = rt;
 
 	switch (op) {
@@ -2461,9 +2473,8 @@ enum emulation_result kvm_mips_complete_mmio_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		goto done;
 	}
 
-	er = update_pc(vcpu, vcpu->arch.pending_load_cause);
-	if (er == EMULATE_FAIL)
-		return er;
+	/* Restore saved resume PC */
+	vcpu->arch.pc = vcpu->arch.io_pc;
 
 	switch (run->mmio.len) {
 	case 4:
@@ -2485,11 +2496,6 @@ enum emulation_result kvm_mips_complete_mmio_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		break;
 	}
 
-	if (vcpu->arch.pending_load_cause & CAUSEF_BD)
-		kvm_debug("[%#lx] Completing %d byte BD Load to gpr %d (0x%08lx) type %d\n",
-			  vcpu->arch.pc, run->mmio.len, vcpu->arch.io_gpr, *gpr,
-			  vcpu->mmio_needed);
-
 done:
 	return er;
 }