diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 86519a73971e..74be23236aac 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -946,6 +946,8 @@ struct kvm_vcpu_arch {
 #define PMUSERENR_ON_CPU	__vcpu_single_flag(sflags, BIT(5))
 /* WFI instruction trapped */
 #define IN_WFI			__vcpu_single_flag(sflags, BIT(6))
+/* KVM is currently emulating a nested ERET */
+#define IN_NESTED_ERET		__vcpu_single_flag(sflags, BIT(7))
 
 
 /* Pointer to the vcpu's SVE FFR for sve_{save,load}_state() */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/emulate-nested.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/emulate-nested.c
index 9986bb88c259..834c58750069 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/emulate-nested.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/emulate-nested.c
@@ -2503,6 +2503,7 @@ void kvm_emulate_nested_eret(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	}
 
 	preempt_disable();
+	vcpu_set_flag(vcpu, IN_NESTED_ERET);
 	kvm_arch_vcpu_put(vcpu);
 
 	if (!esr_iss_is_eretax(esr))
@@ -2514,6 +2515,7 @@ void kvm_emulate_nested_eret(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	*vcpu_cpsr(vcpu) = spsr;
 
 	kvm_arch_vcpu_load(vcpu, smp_processor_id());
+	vcpu_clear_flag(vcpu, IN_NESTED_ERET);
 	preempt_enable();
 
 	kvm_pmu_nested_transition(vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v4.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v4.c
index eedecbbbcf31..0d9fb235c018 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v4.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-v4.c
@@ -336,6 +336,22 @@ void vgic_v4_teardown(struct kvm *kvm)
 	its_vm->vpes = NULL;
 }
 
+static inline bool vgic_v4_want_doorbell(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	if (vcpu_get_flag(vcpu, IN_WFI))
+		return true;
+
+	if (likely(!vcpu_has_nv(vcpu)))
+		return false;
+
+	/*
+	 * GICv4 hardware is only ever used for the L1. Mark the vPE (i.e. the
+	 * L1 context) nonresident and request a doorbell to kick us out of the
+	 * L2 when an IRQ becomes pending.
+	 */
+	return vcpu_get_flag(vcpu, IN_NESTED_ERET);
+}
+
 int vgic_v4_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct its_vpe *vpe = &vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu.vgic_v3.its_vpe;
@@ -343,7 +359,7 @@ int vgic_v4_put(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (!vgic_supports_direct_msis(vcpu->kvm) || !vpe->resident)
 		return 0;
 
-	return its_make_vpe_non_resident(vpe, !!vcpu_get_flag(vcpu, IN_WFI));
+	return its_make_vpe_non_resident(vpe, vgic_v4_want_doorbell(vcpu));
 }
 
 int vgic_v4_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)