diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
index e3b1839fc251931d65a69e602c64df8b13d70c27..280f7992ae9936c8602735a6854e67af8fe73b3a 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv.c
@@ -3697,7 +3697,10 @@ static int kvmhv_p9_guest_entry(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 time_limit,
 	vcpu->arch.dec_expires = dec + tb;
 	vcpu->cpu = -1;
 	vcpu->arch.thread_cpu = -1;
+	/* Save guest CTRL register, set runlatch to 1 */
 	vcpu->arch.ctrl = mfspr(SPRN_CTRLF);
+	if (!(vcpu->arch.ctrl & 1))
+		mtspr(SPRN_CTRLT, vcpu->arch.ctrl | 1);
 
 	vcpu->arch.iamr = mfspr(SPRN_IAMR);
 	vcpu->arch.pspb = mfspr(SPRN_PSPB);