diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 0bc3d37..b9c3299 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -591,8 +591,17 @@
 
 static inline void kvm_guest_enter(void)
 {
+	BUG_ON(preemptible());
 	account_system_vtime(current);
 	current->flags |= PF_VCPU;
+	/* KVM does not hold any references to rcu protected data when it
+	 * switches CPU into a guest mode. In fact switching to a guest mode
+	 * is very similar to exiting to userspase from rcu point of view. In
+	 * addition CPU may stay in a guest mode for quite a long time (up to
+	 * one time slice). Lets treat guest mode as quiescent state, just like
+	 * we do with user-mode execution.
+	 */
+	rcu_virt_note_context_switch(smp_processor_id());
 }
 
 static inline void kvm_guest_exit(void)