diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 5efd17b360de..727d68c1331d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -456,6 +456,8 @@ static void kvm_queue_exception_vmexit(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned int vecto
 {
 	struct kvm_queued_exception *ex = &vcpu->arch.exception_vmexit;
 
+	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, vcpu);
+
 	ex->vector = vector;
 	ex->injected = false;
 	ex->pending = true;