diff --git a/accel/tcg/translate-all.c b/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
index 66d4bc4341..0a08fcda3e 100644
--- a/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
+++ b/accel/tcg/translate-all.c
@@ -1268,8 +1268,13 @@ void tb_flush(CPUState *cpu)
 {
     if (tcg_enabled()) {
         unsigned tb_flush_count = atomic_mb_read(&tb_ctx.tb_flush_count);
-        async_safe_run_on_cpu(cpu, do_tb_flush,
-                              RUN_ON_CPU_HOST_INT(tb_flush_count));
+
+        if (cpu_in_exclusive_context(cpu)) {
+            do_tb_flush(cpu, RUN_ON_CPU_HOST_INT(tb_flush_count));
+        } else {
+            async_safe_run_on_cpu(cpu, do_tb_flush,
+                                  RUN_ON_CPU_HOST_INT(tb_flush_count));
+        }
     }
 }