diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
index fada1055f325..0c2c0d5ae873 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/vmx.c
@@ -6382,6 +6382,9 @@ static void vmx_handle_exit_irqoff(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	struct vcpu_vmx *vmx = to_vmx(vcpu);
 
+	if (vmx->emulation_required)
+		return;
+
 	if (vmx->exit_reason.basic == EXIT_REASON_EXTERNAL_INTERRUPT)
 		handle_external_interrupt_irqoff(vcpu);
 	else if (vmx->exit_reason.basic == EXIT_REASON_EXCEPTION_NMI)