diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 19f9f9e05c2a..699f8726539a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -2743,16 +2743,16 @@ void kvm_arch_vcpu_load(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int cpu)
 		if (tsc_delta < 0)
 			mark_tsc_unstable("KVM discovered backwards TSC");
 
-		if (kvm_lapic_hv_timer_in_use(vcpu) &&
-				kvm_x86_ops->set_hv_timer(vcpu,
-					kvm_get_lapic_tscdeadline_msr(vcpu)))
-			kvm_lapic_switch_to_sw_timer(vcpu);
 		if (check_tsc_unstable()) {
 			u64 offset = kvm_compute_tsc_offset(vcpu,
 						vcpu->arch.last_guest_tsc);
 			kvm_x86_ops->write_tsc_offset(vcpu, offset);
 			vcpu->arch.tsc_catchup = 1;
 		}
+		if (kvm_lapic_hv_timer_in_use(vcpu) &&
+				kvm_x86_ops->set_hv_timer(vcpu,
+					kvm_get_lapic_tscdeadline_msr(vcpu)))
+			kvm_lapic_switch_to_sw_timer(vcpu);
 		/*
 		 * On a host with synchronized TSC, there is no need to update
 		 * kvmclock on vcpu->cpu migration