diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index d6a9f05187849..1e11198f89934 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -4252,8 +4252,17 @@ static int kvm_cpu_accept_dm_intr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 static int kvm_vcpu_ready_for_interrupt_injection(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	return kvm_arch_interrupt_allowed(vcpu) &&
-		kvm_cpu_accept_dm_intr(vcpu);
+	/*
+	 * Do not cause an interrupt window exit if an exception
+	 * is pending or an event needs reinjection; userspace
+	 * might want to inject the interrupt manually using KVM_SET_REGS
+	 * or KVM_SET_SREGS.  For that to work, we must be at an
+	 * instruction boundary and with no events half-injected.
+	 */
+	return (kvm_arch_interrupt_allowed(vcpu) &&
+		kvm_cpu_accept_dm_intr(vcpu) &&
+		!kvm_event_needs_reinjection(vcpu) &&
+		!vcpu->arch.exception.pending);
 }
 
 static int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_interrupt(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,