diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c b/arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c
index b37954cc880d..ab5681de6ece 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/emulate.c
@@ -302,12 +302,31 @@ static inline ktime_t kvm_mips_count_time(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
  */
 static uint32_t kvm_mips_read_count_running(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, ktime_t now)
 {
-	ktime_t expires;
+	struct mips_coproc *cop0 = vcpu->arch.cop0;
+	ktime_t expires, threshold;
+	uint32_t count, compare;
 	int running;
 
-	/* Is the hrtimer pending? */
+	/* Calculate the biased and scaled guest CP0_Count */
+	count = vcpu->arch.count_bias + kvm_mips_ktime_to_count(vcpu, now);
+	compare = kvm_read_c0_guest_compare(cop0);
+
+	/*
+	 * Find whether CP0_Count has reached the closest timer interrupt. If
+	 * not, we shouldn't inject it.
+	 */
+	if ((int32_t)(count - compare) < 0)
+		return count;
+
+	/*
+	 * The CP0_Count we're going to return has already reached the closest
+	 * timer interrupt. Quickly check if it really is a new interrupt by
+	 * looking at whether the interval until the hrtimer expiry time is
+	 * less than 1/4 of the timer period.
+	 */
 	expires = hrtimer_get_expires(&vcpu->arch.comparecount_timer);
-	if (ktime_compare(now, expires) >= 0) {
+	threshold = ktime_add_ns(now, vcpu->arch.count_period / 4);
+	if (ktime_before(expires, threshold)) {
 		/*
 		 * Cancel it while we handle it so there's no chance of
 		 * interference with the timeout handler.
@@ -329,8 +348,7 @@ static uint32_t kvm_mips_read_count_running(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, ktime_t now)
 		}
 	}
 
-	/* Return the biased and scaled guest CP0_Count */
-	return vcpu->arch.count_bias + kvm_mips_ktime_to_count(vcpu, now);
+	return count;
 }
 
 /**