diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v3.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
index 8fa737edde6f..6fe3f003636a 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-v3.c
@@ -127,6 +127,13 @@ void vgic_v3_populate_lr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vgic_irq *irq, int lr)
 	if (irq->hw) {
 		val |= ICH_LR_HW;
 		val |= ((u64)irq->hwintid) << ICH_LR_PHYS_ID_SHIFT;
+		/*
+		 * Never set pending+active on a HW interrupt, as the
+		 * pending state is kept at the physical distributor
+		 * level.
+		 */
+		if (irq->active && irq_is_pending(irq))
+			val &= ~ICH_LR_PENDING_BIT;
 	} else {
 		if (irq->config == VGIC_CONFIG_LEVEL)
 			val |= ICH_LR_EOI;