diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c
index e74baec76361..4b6d72939c42 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c
@@ -594,6 +594,7 @@ retry:
 
 	list_for_each_entry_safe(irq, tmp, &vgic_cpu->ap_list_head, ap_list) {
 		struct kvm_vcpu *target_vcpu, *vcpuA, *vcpuB;
+		bool target_vcpu_needs_kick = false;
 
 		spin_lock(&irq->irq_lock);
 
@@ -664,11 +665,18 @@ retry:
 			list_del(&irq->ap_list);
 			irq->vcpu = target_vcpu;
 			list_add_tail(&irq->ap_list, &new_cpu->ap_list_head);
+			target_vcpu_needs_kick = true;
 		}
 
 		spin_unlock(&irq->irq_lock);
 		spin_unlock(&vcpuB->arch.vgic_cpu.ap_list_lock);
 		spin_unlock_irqrestore(&vcpuA->arch.vgic_cpu.ap_list_lock, flags);
+
+		if (target_vcpu_needs_kick) {
+			kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_IRQ_PENDING, target_vcpu);
+			kvm_vcpu_kick(target_vcpu);
+		}
+
 		goto retry;
 	}