diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index 05a4bce181d7..66d2ab074a5f 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -8228,6 +8228,10 @@ static void kvm_sched_yield(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, unsigned long dest_id)
 	if (!target || !READ_ONCE(target->ready))
 		goto no_yield;
 
+	/* Ignore requests to yield to self */
+	if (vcpu == target)
+		goto no_yield;
+
 	if (kvm_vcpu_yield_to(target) <= 0)
 		goto no_yield;