diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
index ca4fb45f7d50..fc88024ca3a5 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
@@ -565,6 +565,9 @@ int kvm_vgic_inject_irq(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	else
 		irq->pending_latch = true;
 
+	if (irq->ops && irq->ops->set_pending_state)
+		WARN_ON_ONCE(!irq->ops->set_pending_state(vcpu, irq));
+
 	vgic_queue_irq_unlock(kvm, irq, flags);
 	vgic_put_irq(kvm, irq);
 
diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h b/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
index 1edc7b378f5a..684e8324a617 100644
--- a/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
@@ -246,6 +246,12 @@ struct irq_ops {
 	 */
 	bool (*get_input_level)(int vintid);
 
+	/*
+	 * Function pointer to directly update hardware pending state after the
+	 * VGIC shadow pending state has changed.
+	 */
+	bool (*set_pending_state)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vgic_irq *irq);
+
 	/*
 	 * Function pointer to override the queuing of an IRQ.
 	 */