diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 12dd0a548bba..6c82093963cc 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 8facbbff071ff2b19268d3732e31badc60471e21
+refs/heads/master: 9ed3c444ab8987c7b219173a2f7807e3f71e234e
diff --git a/trunk/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/trunk/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index dff08e527ec7..54f73b6a006b 100644
--- a/trunk/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/trunk/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -754,14 +754,22 @@ static int do_set_msr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned index, u64 *data)
 
 static void kvm_write_wall_clock(struct kvm *kvm, gpa_t wall_clock)
 {
-	static int version;
+	int version;
+	int r;
 	struct pvclock_wall_clock wc;
 	struct timespec boot;
 
 	if (!wall_clock)
 		return;
 
-	version++;
+	r = kvm_read_guest(kvm, wall_clock, &version, sizeof(version));
+	if (r)
+		return;
+
+	if (version & 1)
+		++version;  /* first time write, random junk */
+
+	++version;
 
 	kvm_write_guest(kvm, wall_clock, &version, sizeof(version));