diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c
index a05a5700910b..d29e91215366 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c
@@ -781,6 +781,9 @@ int kvm_vgic_vcpu_pending_irq(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (!vcpu->kvm->arch.vgic.enabled)
 		return false;
 
+	if (vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v3.its_vpe.pending_last)
+		return true;
+
 	spin_lock_irqsave(&vgic_cpu->ap_list_lock, flags);
 
 	list_for_each_entry(irq, &vgic_cpu->ap_list_head, ap_list) {