diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index fe8bae511e99..e1c0befaa9f6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 #include <asm/page.h>
 #include <asm/current.h>
 #include <asm/apicdef.h>
+#include <asm/delay.h>
 #include <linux/atomic.h>
 #include <linux/jump_label.h>
 #include "kvm_cache_regs.h"
@@ -1073,6 +1074,7 @@ static void apic_timer_expired(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
 {
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = apic->vcpu;
 	wait_queue_head_t *q = &vcpu->wq;
+	struct kvm_timer *ktimer = &apic->lapic_timer;
 
 	/*
 	 * Note: KVM_REQ_PENDING_TIMER is implicitly checked in
@@ -1087,11 +1089,61 @@ static void apic_timer_expired(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
 
 	if (waitqueue_active(q))
 		wake_up_interruptible(q);
+
+	if (apic_lvtt_tscdeadline(apic))
+		ktimer->expired_tscdeadline = ktimer->tscdeadline;
+}
+
+/*
+ * On APICv, this test will cause a busy wait
+ * during a higher-priority task.
+ */
+
+static bool lapic_timer_int_injected(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;
+	u32 reg = kvm_apic_get_reg(apic, APIC_LVTT);
+
+	if (kvm_apic_hw_enabled(apic)) {
+		int vec = reg & APIC_VECTOR_MASK;
+
+		if (kvm_x86_ops->test_posted_interrupt)
+			return kvm_x86_ops->test_posted_interrupt(vcpu, vec);
+		else {
+			if (apic_test_vector(vec, apic->regs + APIC_ISR))
+				return true;
+		}
+	}
+	return false;
+}
+
+void wait_lapic_expire(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	struct kvm_lapic *apic = vcpu->arch.apic;
+	u64 guest_tsc, tsc_deadline;
+
+	if (!kvm_vcpu_has_lapic(vcpu))
+		return;
+
+	if (apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline == 0)
+		return;
+
+	if (!lapic_timer_int_injected(vcpu))
+		return;
+
+	tsc_deadline = apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline;
+	apic->lapic_timer.expired_tscdeadline = 0;
+	guest_tsc = kvm_x86_ops->read_l1_tsc(vcpu, native_read_tsc());
+
+	/* __delay is delay_tsc whenever the hardware has TSC, thus always.  */
+	if (guest_tsc < tsc_deadline)
+		__delay(tsc_deadline - guest_tsc);
 }
 
 static void start_apic_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
 {
 	ktime_t now;
+
 	atomic_set(&apic->lapic_timer.pending, 0);
 
 	if (apic_lvtt_period(apic) || apic_lvtt_oneshot(apic)) {
@@ -1137,6 +1189,7 @@ static void start_apic_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
 		/* lapic timer in tsc deadline mode */
 		u64 guest_tsc, tscdeadline = apic->lapic_timer.tscdeadline;
 		u64 ns = 0;
+		ktime_t expire;
 		struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = apic->vcpu;
 		unsigned long this_tsc_khz = vcpu->arch.virtual_tsc_khz;
 		unsigned long flags;
@@ -1151,8 +1204,10 @@ static void start_apic_timer(struct kvm_lapic *apic)
 		if (likely(tscdeadline > guest_tsc)) {
 			ns = (tscdeadline - guest_tsc) * 1000000ULL;
 			do_div(ns, this_tsc_khz);
+			expire = ktime_add_ns(now, ns);
+			expire = ktime_sub_ns(expire, lapic_timer_advance_ns);
 			hrtimer_start(&apic->lapic_timer.timer,
-				ktime_add_ns(now, ns), HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
+				      expire, HRTIMER_MODE_ABS);
 		} else
 			apic_timer_expired(apic);
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
index c674fce53cf9..7054437944cd 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ struct kvm_timer {
 	u32 timer_mode;
 	u32 timer_mode_mask;
 	u64 tscdeadline;
+	u64 expired_tscdeadline;
 	atomic_t pending;			/* accumulated triggered timers */
 };
 
@@ -170,4 +171,6 @@ static inline bool kvm_apic_has_events(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 bool kvm_apic_pending_eoi(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int vector);
 
+void wait_lapic_expire(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
+
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index af9faed270f1..559e3fd6c897 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -108,6 +108,10 @@ EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(kvm_max_guest_tsc_khz);
 static u32 tsc_tolerance_ppm = 250;
 module_param(tsc_tolerance_ppm, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
 
+/* lapic timer advance (tscdeadline mode only) in nanoseconds */
+unsigned int lapic_timer_advance_ns = 0;
+module_param(lapic_timer_advance_ns, uint, S_IRUGO | S_IWUSR);
+
 static bool backwards_tsc_observed = false;
 
 #define KVM_NR_SHARED_MSRS 16
@@ -6312,6 +6316,7 @@ static int vcpu_enter_guest(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	}
 
 	trace_kvm_entry(vcpu->vcpu_id);
+	wait_lapic_expire(vcpu);
 	kvm_x86_ops->run(vcpu);
 
 	/*
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
index cc1d61af6140..07994f38dacf 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.h
@@ -170,5 +170,7 @@ extern u64 kvm_supported_xcr0(void);
 
 extern unsigned int min_timer_period_us;
 
+extern unsigned int lapic_timer_advance_ns;
+
 extern struct static_key kvm_no_apic_vcpu;
 #endif