diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 848af90..8b8a444 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -553,6 +553,8 @@
 	list_add(&kvm->vm_list, &vm_list);
 	spin_unlock(&kvm_lock);
 
+	preempt_notifier_inc();
+
 	return kvm;
 
 out_err:
@@ -620,6 +622,7 @@
 	cleanup_srcu_struct(&kvm->irq_srcu);
 	cleanup_srcu_struct(&kvm->srcu);
 	kvm_arch_free_vm(kvm);
+	preempt_notifier_dec();
 	hardware_disable_all();
 	mmdrop(mm);
 }