diff --git a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
index 9200b3def440..2549fdd27ee1 100644
--- a/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
+++ b/arch/mips/kvm/mips.c
@@ -903,12 +903,11 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_ioctl_enable_cap(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	return r;
 }
 
-long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl,
-			 unsigned long arg)
+long kvm_arch_vcpu_async_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl,
+			       unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = filp->private_data;
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
-	long r;
 
 	if (ioctl == KVM_INTERRUPT) {
 		struct kvm_mips_interrupt irq;
@@ -921,6 +920,16 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl,
 		return kvm_vcpu_ioctl_interrupt(vcpu, &irq);
 	}
 
+	return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+}
+
+long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp, unsigned int ioctl,
+			 unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = filp->private_data;
+	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
+	long r;
+
 	vcpu_load(vcpu);
 
 	switch (ioctl) {
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index ba8134a989c1..2e700753e35c 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -1607,12 +1607,11 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_set_mpstate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	return -EINVAL;
 }
 
-long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
-                         unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg)
+long kvm_arch_vcpu_async_ioctl(struct file *filp,
+      			       unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = filp->private_data;
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
-	long r;
 
 	if (ioctl == KVM_INTERRUPT) {
 		struct kvm_interrupt irq;
@@ -1620,6 +1619,15 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 			return -EFAULT;
 		return kvm_vcpu_ioctl_interrupt(vcpu, &irq);
 	}
+	return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+}
+
+long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
+                         unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = filp->private_data;
+	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
+	long r;
 
 	vcpu_load(vcpu);
 
diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index 9700d71cb691..40f0ae5a883f 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -3725,13 +3725,11 @@ static long kvm_s390_guest_mem_op(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 	return r;
 }
 
-long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
-			 unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg)
+long kvm_arch_vcpu_async_ioctl(struct file *filp,
+			       unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg)
 {
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = filp->private_data;
 	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
-	int idx;
-	long r;
 
 	switch (ioctl) {
 	case KVM_S390_IRQ: {
@@ -3752,6 +3750,16 @@ long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 		return kvm_s390_inject_vcpu(vcpu, &s390irq);
 	}
 	}
+	return -ENOIOCTLCMD;
+}
+
+long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
+			 unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg)
+{
+	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = filp->private_data;
+	void __user *argp = (void __user *)arg;
+	int idx;
+	long r;
 
 	vcpu_load(vcpu);
 
diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index 09de0ff3d677..a900d20a5320 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -736,6 +736,8 @@ long kvm_arch_dev_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 			unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg);
 long kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 			 unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg);
+long kvm_arch_vcpu_async_ioctl(struct file *filp,
+			       unsigned int ioctl, unsigned long arg);
 int kvm_arch_vcpu_fault(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vm_fault *vmf);
 
 int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext);
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 19c184fa1839..262d6c910fe7 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2547,13 +2547,13 @@ static long kvm_vcpu_ioctl(struct file *filp,
 #if defined(CONFIG_S390) || defined(CONFIG_PPC) || defined(CONFIG_MIPS)
 	/*
 	 * Special cases: vcpu ioctls that are asynchronous to vcpu execution,
-	 * so vcpu_load() would break it.
+	 * so mutex_lock() would break it.
 	 */
-	if (ioctl == KVM_S390_INTERRUPT || ioctl == KVM_S390_IRQ || ioctl == KVM_INTERRUPT)
-		return kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl(filp, ioctl, arg);
+	r = kvm_arch_vcpu_async_ioctl(filp, ioctl, arg);
+	if (r != -ENOIOCTLCMD)
+		return r;
 #endif
 
-
 	if (mutex_lock_killable(&vcpu->mutex))
 		return -EINTR;
 	switch (ioctl) {
