diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c
index fed717e07938..e1f7dbcfece0 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic.c
@@ -777,6 +777,9 @@ bool kvm_vgic_map_is_active(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int virt_irq)
 	struct vgic_irq *irq = vgic_get_irq(vcpu->kvm, vcpu, virt_irq);
 	bool map_is_active;
 
+	if (!vgic_initialized(vcpu->kvm))
+		return false;
+
 	spin_lock(&irq->irq_lock);
 	map_is_active = irq->hw && irq->active;
 	spin_unlock(&irq->irq_lock);