diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 70dcb5548022..b74c9c1405b9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1463,23 +1463,6 @@ static void start_sw_tscdeadline(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }
 
-static void start_sw_period(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
-{
-	if (!apic->lapic_timer.period)
-		return;
-
-	if (apic_lvtt_oneshot(apic) &&
-	    ktime_after(ktime_get(),
-			apic->lapic_timer.target_expiration)) {
-		apic_timer_expired(apic);
-		return;
-	}
-
-	hrtimer_start(&apic->lapic_timer.timer,
-		apic->lapic_timer.target_expiration,
-		HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
-}
-
 static void update_target_expiration(struct kvm_lapic *apic, uint32_t old_divisor)
 {
 	ktime_t now, remaining;
@@ -1546,6 +1529,26 @@ static void advance_periodic_target_expiration(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
 				apic->lapic_timer.period);
 }
 
+static void start_sw_period(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
+{
+	if (!apic->lapic_timer.period)
+		return;
+
+	if (ktime_after(ktime_get(),
+			apic->lapic_timer.target_expiration)) {
+		apic_timer_expired(apic);
+
+		if (apic_lvtt_oneshot(apic))
+			return;
+
+		advance_periodic_target_expiration(apic);
+	}
+
+	hrtimer_start(&apic->lapic_timer.timer,
+		apic->lapic_timer.target_expiration,
+		HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
+}
+
 bool kvm_lapic_hv_timer_in_use(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	if (!lapic_in_kernel(vcpu))