diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 0edb7ff394bcd5e112a40e2ad8fc2eb1274ecaad..a9b8adce97acb7206002316ca064a1a05835f163 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -5244,7 +5244,9 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 		if (copy_from_user(&events, argp, sizeof(struct kvm_vcpu_events)))
 			break;
 
+		vcpu->srcu_idx = srcu_read_lock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu);
 		r = kvm_vcpu_ioctl_x86_set_vcpu_events(vcpu, &events);
+		srcu_read_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->srcu, vcpu->srcu_idx);
 		break;
 	}
 	case KVM_GET_DEBUGREGS: {