diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 730cf174090af..b62c852297118 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -1349,6 +1349,9 @@ static void start_sw_tscdeadline(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
 
 bool kvm_lapic_hv_timer_in_use(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	if (!lapic_in_kernel(vcpu))
+		return false;
+
 	return vcpu->arch.apic->lapic_timer.hv_timer_in_use;
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_lapic_hv_timer_in_use);