diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_aplic.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_aplic.c
index 39e72aa016a4c..5e842b92dc461 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_aplic.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/aia_aplic.c
@@ -137,11 +137,21 @@ static void aplic_write_pending(struct aplic *aplic, u32 irq, bool pending)
 	raw_spin_lock_irqsave(&irqd->lock, flags);
 
 	sm = irqd->sourcecfg & APLIC_SOURCECFG_SM_MASK;
-	if (!pending &&
-	    ((sm == APLIC_SOURCECFG_SM_LEVEL_HIGH) ||
-	     (sm == APLIC_SOURCECFG_SM_LEVEL_LOW)))
+	if (sm == APLIC_SOURCECFG_SM_INACTIVE)
 		goto skip_write_pending;
 
+	if (sm == APLIC_SOURCECFG_SM_LEVEL_HIGH ||
+	    sm == APLIC_SOURCECFG_SM_LEVEL_LOW) {
+		if (!pending)
+			goto skip_write_pending;
+		if ((irqd->state & APLIC_IRQ_STATE_INPUT) &&
+		    sm == APLIC_SOURCECFG_SM_LEVEL_LOW)
+			goto skip_write_pending;
+		if (!(irqd->state & APLIC_IRQ_STATE_INPUT) &&
+		    sm == APLIC_SOURCECFG_SM_LEVEL_HIGH)
+			goto skip_write_pending;
+	}
+
 	if (pending)
 		irqd->state |= APLIC_IRQ_STATE_PENDING;
 	else