diff --git a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
index 3caac477de9e..af1464f7a6ad 100644
--- a/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
+++ b/arch/ia64/kvm/kvm-ia64.c
@@ -673,16 +673,16 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *kvm_run)
 
 	vcpu_load(vcpu);
 
+	if (vcpu->sigset_active)
+		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &vcpu->sigset, &sigsaved);
+
 	if (unlikely(vcpu->arch.mp_state == KVM_MP_STATE_UNINITIALIZED)) {
 		kvm_vcpu_block(vcpu);
 		clear_bit(KVM_REQ_UNHALT, &vcpu->requests);
-		vcpu_put(vcpu);
-		return -EAGAIN;
+		r = -EAGAIN;
+		goto out;
 	}
 
-	if (vcpu->sigset_active)
-		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &vcpu->sigset, &sigsaved);
-
 	if (vcpu->mmio_needed) {
 		memcpy(vcpu->mmio_data, kvm_run->mmio.data, 8);
 		kvm_set_mmio_data(vcpu);
@@ -690,7 +690,7 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_run(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_run *kvm_run)
 		vcpu->mmio_needed = 0;
 	}
 	r = __vcpu_run(vcpu, kvm_run);
-
+out:
 	if (vcpu->sigset_active)
 		sigprocmask(SIG_SETMASK, &sigsaved, NULL);