diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
index 38cdfb052a3a..d7478a62de63 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/avic.c
@@ -862,6 +862,12 @@ int avic_pi_update_irte(struct kvm_kernel_irqfd *irqfd, struct kvm *kvm,
 	if (!kvm_arch_has_assigned_device(kvm) || !kvm_arch_has_irq_bypass())
 		return 0;
 
+	/*
+	 * If the IRQ was affined to a different vCPU, remove the IRTE metadata
+	 * from the *previous* vCPU's list.
+	 */
+	svm_ir_list_del(irqfd);
+
 	pr_debug("SVM: %s: host_irq=%#x, guest_irq=%#x, set=%#x\n",
 		 __func__, host_irq, guest_irq, set);
 
@@ -884,8 +890,6 @@ int avic_pi_update_irte(struct kvm_kernel_irqfd *irqfd, struct kvm *kvm,
 
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(new && memcmp(e, new, sizeof(*new)));
 
-		svm_ir_list_del(irqfd);
-
 		/**
 		 * Here, we setup with legacy mode in the following cases:
 		 * 1. When cannot target interrupt to a specific vcpu.