diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 8cd8e7b288c5..2be391bb8557 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -1993,12 +1993,14 @@ static int __vcpu_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		 * As PF_VCPU will be used in fault handler, between
 		 * guest_enter and guest_exit should be no uaccess.
 		 */
-		preempt_disable();
-		kvm_guest_enter();
-		preempt_enable();
+		local_irq_disable();
+		__kvm_guest_enter();
+		local_irq_enable();
 		exit_reason = sie64a(vcpu->arch.sie_block,
 				     vcpu->run->s.regs.gprs);
-		kvm_guest_exit();
+		local_irq_disable();
+		__kvm_guest_exit();
+		local_irq_enable();
 		vcpu->srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu);
 
 		rc = vcpu_post_run(vcpu, exit_reason);
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index ad45054309a0..efc16df1fc5d 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -762,16 +762,10 @@ static inline void kvm_iommu_unmap_pages(struct kvm *kvm,
 }
 #endif
 
-static inline void kvm_guest_enter(void)
+/* must be called with irqs disabled */
+static inline void __kvm_guest_enter(void)
 {
-	unsigned long flags;
-
-	BUG_ON(preemptible());
-
-	local_irq_save(flags);
 	guest_enter();
-	local_irq_restore(flags);
-
 	/* KVM does not hold any references to rcu protected data when it
 	 * switches CPU into a guest mode. In fact switching to a guest mode
 	 * is very similar to exiting to userspace from rcu point of view. In
@@ -783,12 +777,27 @@ static inline void kvm_guest_enter(void)
 		rcu_virt_note_context_switch(smp_processor_id());
 }
 
+/* must be called with irqs disabled */
+static inline void __kvm_guest_exit(void)
+{
+	guest_exit();
+}
+
+static inline void kvm_guest_enter(void)
+{
+	unsigned long flags;
+
+	local_irq_save(flags);
+	__kvm_guest_enter();
+	local_irq_restore(flags);
+}
+
 static inline void kvm_guest_exit(void)
 {
 	unsigned long flags;
 
 	local_irq_save(flags);
-	guest_exit();
+	__kvm_guest_exit();
 	local_irq_restore(flags);
 }