diff --git a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
index 7679f397ae..5da2901eca 100644
--- a/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
+++ b/accel/kvm/kvm-all.c
@@ -450,6 +450,8 @@ int kvm_init_vcpu(CPUState *cpu, Error **errp)
                          "kvm_init_vcpu: kvm_arch_init_vcpu failed (%lu)",
                          kvm_arch_vcpu_id(cpu));
     }
+    cpu->kvm_vcpu_stats_fd = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cpu, KVM_GET_STATS_FD, NULL);
+
 err:
     return ret;
 }
@@ -4007,7 +4009,7 @@ static StatsDescriptors *find_stats_descriptors(StatsTarget target, int stats_fd
 
     /* Read stats header */
     kvm_stats_header = &descriptors->kvm_stats_header;
-    ret = read(stats_fd, kvm_stats_header, sizeof(*kvm_stats_header));
+    ret = pread(stats_fd, kvm_stats_header, sizeof(*kvm_stats_header), 0);
     if (ret != sizeof(*kvm_stats_header)) {
         error_setg(errp, "KVM stats: failed to read stats header: "
                    "expected %zu actual %zu",
@@ -4038,7 +4040,8 @@ static StatsDescriptors *find_stats_descriptors(StatsTarget target, int stats_fd
 }
 
 static void query_stats(StatsResultList **result, StatsTarget target,
-                        strList *names, int stats_fd, Error **errp)
+                        strList *names, int stats_fd, Error **errp,
+                        CPUState *cpu)
 {
     struct kvm_stats_desc *kvm_stats_desc;
     struct kvm_stats_header *kvm_stats_header;
@@ -4096,7 +4099,7 @@ static void query_stats(StatsResultList **result, StatsTarget target,
         break;
     case STATS_TARGET_VCPU:
         add_stats_entry(result, STATS_PROVIDER_KVM,
-                        current_cpu->parent_obj.canonical_path,
+                        cpu->parent_obj.canonical_path,
                         stats_list);
         break;
     default:
@@ -4133,10 +4136,9 @@ static void query_stats_schema(StatsSchemaList **result, StatsTarget target,
     add_stats_schema(result, STATS_PROVIDER_KVM, target, stats_list);
 }
 
-static void query_stats_vcpu(CPUState *cpu, run_on_cpu_data data)
+static void query_stats_vcpu(CPUState *cpu, StatsArgs *kvm_stats_args)
 {
-    StatsArgs *kvm_stats_args = (StatsArgs *) data.host_ptr;
-    int stats_fd = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cpu, KVM_GET_STATS_FD, NULL);
+    int stats_fd = cpu->kvm_vcpu_stats_fd;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     if (stats_fd == -1) {
@@ -4145,14 +4147,13 @@ static void query_stats_vcpu(CPUState *cpu, run_on_cpu_data data)
         return;
     }
     query_stats(kvm_stats_args->result.stats, STATS_TARGET_VCPU,
-                kvm_stats_args->names, stats_fd, kvm_stats_args->errp);
-    close(stats_fd);
+                kvm_stats_args->names, stats_fd, kvm_stats_args->errp,
+                cpu);
 }
 
-static void query_stats_schema_vcpu(CPUState *cpu, run_on_cpu_data data)
+static void query_stats_schema_vcpu(CPUState *cpu, StatsArgs *kvm_stats_args)
 {
-    StatsArgs *kvm_stats_args = (StatsArgs *) data.host_ptr;
-    int stats_fd = kvm_vcpu_ioctl(cpu, KVM_GET_STATS_FD, NULL);
+    int stats_fd = cpu->kvm_vcpu_stats_fd;
     Error *local_err = NULL;
 
     if (stats_fd == -1) {
@@ -4162,7 +4163,6 @@ static void query_stats_schema_vcpu(CPUState *cpu, run_on_cpu_data data)
     }
     query_stats_schema(kvm_stats_args->result.schema, STATS_TARGET_VCPU, stats_fd,
                        kvm_stats_args->errp);
-    close(stats_fd);
 }
 
 static void query_stats_cb(StatsResultList **result, StatsTarget target,
@@ -4180,7 +4180,7 @@ static void query_stats_cb(StatsResultList **result, StatsTarget target,
             error_setg_errno(errp, errno, "KVM stats: ioctl failed");
             return;
         }
-        query_stats(result, target, names, stats_fd, errp);
+        query_stats(result, target, names, stats_fd, errp, NULL);
         close(stats_fd);
         break;
     }
@@ -4194,7 +4194,7 @@ static void query_stats_cb(StatsResultList **result, StatsTarget target,
             if (!apply_str_list_filter(cpu->parent_obj.canonical_path, targets)) {
                 continue;
             }
-            run_on_cpu(cpu, query_stats_vcpu, RUN_ON_CPU_HOST_PTR(&stats_args));
+            query_stats_vcpu(cpu, &stats_args);
         }
         break;
     }
@@ -4220,6 +4220,6 @@ void query_stats_schemas_cb(StatsSchemaList **result, Error **errp)
     if (first_cpu) {
         stats_args.result.schema = result;
         stats_args.errp = errp;
-        run_on_cpu(first_cpu, query_stats_schema_vcpu, RUN_ON_CPU_HOST_PTR(&stats_args));
+        query_stats_schema_vcpu(first_cpu, &stats_args);
     }
 }
diff --git a/include/hw/core/cpu.h b/include/hw/core/cpu.h
index 383456d1b3..4f0fa70755 100644
--- a/include/hw/core/cpu.h
+++ b/include/hw/core/cpu.h
@@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ struct CPUState {
     struct kvm_dirty_gfn *kvm_dirty_gfns;
     uint32_t kvm_fetch_index;
     uint64_t dirty_pages;
+    int kvm_vcpu_stats_fd;
 
     /* Use by accel-block: CPU is executing an ioctl() */
     QemuLockCnt in_ioctl_lock;
