diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 1610533b66414a1ca177616f90bd62585cf03675..2fd1578e080edcad781beb723657d4bbf9df1d1d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -3246,6 +3246,9 @@ static void kvm_steal_time_set_preempted(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (!(vcpu->arch.st.msr_val & KVM_MSR_ENABLED))
 		return;
 
+	if (vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted)
+		return;
+
 	vcpu->arch.st.steal.preempted = KVM_VCPU_PREEMPTED;
 
 	kvm_write_guest_offset_cached(vcpu->kvm, &vcpu->arch.st.stime,