diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
index 9120ae1..2886ff0 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx.c
@@ -1557,10 +1557,14 @@ static void vmx_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
 	u64 phys_addr = __pa(per_cpu(vmxarea, cpu));
 
-	if (!vmm_exclusive)
+	if (!vmm_exclusive) {
 		kvm_cpu_vmxon(phys_addr);
-	else if (vmx->loaded_vmcs->cpu != cpu)
+	} else if (vmx->loaded_vmcs->cpu != cpu) {
+		/* Prevent any CPU from going offline */
+		get_online_cpus_atomic();
 		loaded_vmcs_clear(vmx->loaded_vmcs);
+		put_online_cpus_atomic();
+	}
 
 	if (per_cpu(current_vmcs, cpu) != vmx->loaded_vmcs->vmcs) {
 		per_cpu(current_vmcs, cpu) = vmx->loaded_vmcs->vmcs;