diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kvm/timer.c b/arch/loongarch/kvm/timer.c
index bcc6b6d063d914dbf820b43f2c1308803646b395..0d2b1fead16b138ce795590efada9e7ad6fea651 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kvm/timer.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kvm/timer.c
@@ -161,10 +161,11 @@ static void _kvm_save_timer(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (kvm_vcpu_is_blocking(vcpu)) {
 
 		/*
-		 * HRTIMER_MODE_PINNED is suggested since vcpu may run in
-		 * the same physical cpu in next time
+		 * HRTIMER_MODE_PINNED_HARD is suggested since vcpu may run in
+		 * the same physical cpu in next time, and the timer should run
+		 * in hardirq context even in the PREEMPT_RT case.
 		 */
-		hrtimer_start(&vcpu->arch.swtimer, expire, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
+		hrtimer_start(&vcpu->arch.swtimer, expire, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_HARD);
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c b/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c
index c3087dc2f21ff139ea295c97907f14491963ba34..07f09123f65d78cf71891450819ae101c3763e33 100644
--- a/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c
+++ b/arch/loongarch/kvm/vcpu.c
@@ -1283,7 +1283,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_create(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	vcpu->arch.vpid = 0;
 
-	hrtimer_init(&vcpu->arch.swtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED);
+	hrtimer_init(&vcpu->arch.swtimer, CLOCK_MONOTONIC, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS_PINNED_HARD);
 	vcpu->arch.swtimer.function = kvm_swtimer_wakeup;
 
 	vcpu->arch.handle_exit = kvm_handle_exit;