diff --git a/hw/i386/kvm/clock.c b/hw/i386/kvm/clock.c
index 13eca374cd..363d1b5743 100644
--- a/hw/i386/kvm/clock.c
+++ b/hw/i386/kvm/clock.c
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@
 #include "qemu/host-utils.h"
 #include "sysemu/sysemu.h"
 #include "sysemu/kvm.h"
+#include "sysemu/hw_accel.h"
 #include "kvm_i386.h"
 #include "hw/sysbus.h"
 #include "hw/kvm/clock.h"
@@ -69,6 +70,8 @@ static uint64_t kvmclock_current_nsec(KVMClockState *s)
     uint64_t nsec_hi;
     uint64_t nsec;
 
+    cpu_synchronize_state(cpu);
+
     if (!(env->system_time_msr & 1ULL)) {
         /* KVM clock not active */
         return 0;