diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index cfdc6e0ef002..3ee1d83c695d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -433,7 +433,7 @@ static int __apic_accept_irq(struct kvm_lapic *apic, int delivery_mode,
 		break;
 
 	case APIC_DM_INIT:
-		if (level) {
+		if (!trig_mode || level) {
 			result = 1;
 			vcpu->arch.mp_state = KVM_MP_STATE_INIT_RECEIVED;
 			kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_EVENT, vcpu);