diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
index 66c66165e712..367a180fb5ac 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
@@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ static struct vgic_lr vgic_get_lr(const struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int lr);
 static void vgic_set_lr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int lr, struct vgic_lr lr_desc);
 static struct irq_phys_map *vgic_irq_map_search(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 						int virt_irq);
+static int compute_pending_for_cpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
 static const struct vgic_ops *vgic_ops;
 static const struct vgic_params *vgic;
@@ -357,6 +358,11 @@ static void vgic_dist_irq_clear_soft_pend(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int irq)
 	struct vgic_dist *dist = &vcpu->kvm->arch.vgic;
 
 	vgic_bitmap_set_irq_val(&dist->irq_soft_pend, vcpu->vcpu_id, irq, 0);
+	if (!vgic_dist_irq_get_level(vcpu, irq)) {
+		vgic_dist_irq_clear_pending(vcpu, irq);
+		if (!compute_pending_for_cpu(vcpu))
+			clear_bit(vcpu->vcpu_id, dist->irq_pending_on_cpu);
+	}
 }
 
 static int vgic_dist_irq_is_pending(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int irq)
@@ -1338,12 +1344,56 @@ static void __kvm_vgic_flush_hwstate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	}
 }
 
+static int process_level_irq(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int lr, struct vgic_lr vlr)
+{
+	int level_pending = 0;
+
+	vlr.state = 0;
+	vlr.hwirq = 0;
+	vgic_set_lr(vcpu, lr, vlr);
+
+	/*
+	 * If the IRQ was EOIed (called from vgic_process_maintenance) or it
+	 * went from active to non-active (called from vgic_sync_hwirq) it was
+	 * also ACKed and we we therefore assume we can clear the soft pending
+	 * state (should it had been set) for this interrupt.
+	 *
+	 * Note: if the IRQ soft pending state was set after the IRQ was
+	 * acked, it actually shouldn't be cleared, but we have no way of
+	 * knowing that unless we start trapping ACKs when the soft-pending
+	 * state is set.
+	 */
+	vgic_dist_irq_clear_soft_pend(vcpu, vlr.irq);
+
+	/*
+	 * Tell the gic to start sampling the line of this interrupt again.
+	 */
+	vgic_irq_clear_queued(vcpu, vlr.irq);
+
+	/* Any additional pending interrupt? */
+	if (vgic_dist_irq_get_level(vcpu, vlr.irq)) {
+		vgic_cpu_irq_set(vcpu, vlr.irq);
+		level_pending = 1;
+	} else {
+		vgic_dist_irq_clear_pending(vcpu, vlr.irq);
+		vgic_cpu_irq_clear(vcpu, vlr.irq);
+	}
+
+	/*
+	 * Despite being EOIed, the LR may not have
+	 * been marked as empty.
+	 */
+	vgic_sync_lr_elrsr(vcpu, lr, vlr);
+
+	return level_pending;
+}
+
 static bool vgic_process_maintenance(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	u32 status = vgic_get_interrupt_status(vcpu);
 	struct vgic_dist *dist = &vcpu->kvm->arch.vgic;
-	bool level_pending = false;
 	struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
+	int level_pending = 0;
 
 	kvm_debug("STATUS = %08x\n", status);
 
@@ -1358,54 +1408,22 @@ static bool vgic_process_maintenance(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 		for_each_set_bit(lr, eisr_ptr, vgic->nr_lr) {
 			struct vgic_lr vlr = vgic_get_lr(vcpu, lr);
+
 			WARN_ON(vgic_irq_is_edge(vcpu, vlr.irq));
-
-			spin_lock(&dist->lock);
-			vgic_irq_clear_queued(vcpu, vlr.irq);
 			WARN_ON(vlr.state & LR_STATE_MASK);
-			vlr.state = 0;
-			vgic_set_lr(vcpu, lr, vlr);
 
-			/*
-			 * If the IRQ was EOIed it was also ACKed and we we
-			 * therefore assume we can clear the soft pending
-			 * state (should it had been set) for this interrupt.
-			 *
-			 * Note: if the IRQ soft pending state was set after
-			 * the IRQ was acked, it actually shouldn't be
-			 * cleared, but we have no way of knowing that unless
-			 * we start trapping ACKs when the soft-pending state
-			 * is set.
-			 */
-			vgic_dist_irq_clear_soft_pend(vcpu, vlr.irq);
 
 			/*
 			 * kvm_notify_acked_irq calls kvm_set_irq()
-			 * to reset the IRQ level. Need to release the
-			 * lock for kvm_set_irq to grab it.
+			 * to reset the IRQ level, which grabs the dist->lock
+			 * so we call this before taking the dist->lock.
 			 */
-			spin_unlock(&dist->lock);
-
 			kvm_notify_acked_irq(kvm, 0,
 					     vlr.irq - VGIC_NR_PRIVATE_IRQS);
+
 			spin_lock(&dist->lock);
-
-			/* Any additional pending interrupt? */
-			if (vgic_dist_irq_get_level(vcpu, vlr.irq)) {
-				vgic_cpu_irq_set(vcpu, vlr.irq);
-				level_pending = true;
-			} else {
-				vgic_dist_irq_clear_pending(vcpu, vlr.irq);
-				vgic_cpu_irq_clear(vcpu, vlr.irq);
-			}
-
+			level_pending |= process_level_irq(vcpu, lr, vlr);
 			spin_unlock(&dist->lock);
-
-			/*
-			 * Despite being EOIed, the LR may not have
-			 * been marked as empty.
-			 */
-			vgic_sync_lr_elrsr(vcpu, lr, vlr);
 		}
 	}