diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 3c4ca98..c4f35b5 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -1712,6 +1712,7 @@
 	if (copy_from_user(cpuid_entries, entries,
 			   cpuid->nent * sizeof(struct kvm_cpuid_entry)))
 		goto out_free;
+	vcpu_load(vcpu);
 	for (i = 0; i < cpuid->nent; i++) {
 		vcpu->arch.cpuid_entries[i].function = cpuid_entries[i].function;
 		vcpu->arch.cpuid_entries[i].eax = cpuid_entries[i].eax;
@@ -1729,6 +1730,7 @@
 	r = 0;
 	kvm_apic_set_version(vcpu);
 	kvm_x86_ops->cpuid_update(vcpu);
+	vcpu_put(vcpu);
 
 out_free:
 	vfree(cpuid_entries);
@@ -1749,9 +1751,11 @@
 	if (copy_from_user(&vcpu->arch.cpuid_entries, entries,
 			   cpuid->nent * sizeof(struct kvm_cpuid_entry2)))
 		goto out;
+	vcpu_load(vcpu);
 	vcpu->arch.cpuid_nent = cpuid->nent;
 	kvm_apic_set_version(vcpu);
 	kvm_x86_ops->cpuid_update(vcpu);
+	vcpu_put(vcpu);
 	return 0;
 
 out: