diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
index 366147fb3c680..d76b77a35b661 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/nested.c
@@ -700,8 +700,11 @@ int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	svm_set_gif(svm, false);
 	svm->vmcb->control.exit_int_info = 0;
 
-	svm->vmcb->control.tsc_offset = svm->vcpu.arch.tsc_offset =
-		svm->vcpu.arch.l1_tsc_offset;
+	svm->vcpu.arch.tsc_offset = svm->vcpu.arch.l1_tsc_offset;
+	if (svm->vmcb->control.tsc_offset != svm->vcpu.arch.tsc_offset) {
+		svm->vmcb->control.tsc_offset = svm->vcpu.arch.tsc_offset;
+		vmcb_mark_dirty(svm->vmcb, VMCB_INTERCEPTS);
+	}
 
 	svm->nested.ctl.nested_cr3 = 0;
 
@@ -719,8 +722,6 @@ int nested_svm_vmexit(struct vcpu_svm *svm)
 	svm->vcpu.arch.dr7 = DR7_FIXED_1;
 	kvm_update_dr7(&svm->vcpu);
 
-	vmcb_mark_all_dirty(svm->vmcb);
-
 	trace_kvm_nested_vmexit_inject(vmcb12->control.exit_code,
 				       vmcb12->control.exit_info_1,
 				       vmcb12->control.exit_info_2,