diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 01e18caac825..c6d951cbd76c 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -7206,7 +7206,7 @@ static void kvm_sched_yield(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long dest_id)
 
 	rcu_read_unlock();
 
-	if (target)
+	if (target && READ_ONCE(target->ready))
 		kvm_vcpu_yield_to(target);
 }
 
@@ -7246,6 +7246,7 @@ int kvm_emulate_hypercall(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		break;
 	case KVM_HC_KICK_CPU:
 		kvm_pv_kick_cpu_op(vcpu->kvm, a0, a1);
+		kvm_sched_yield(vcpu->kvm, a1);
 		ret = 0;
 		break;
 #ifdef CONFIG_X86_64