diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index c7b659604baeaf..48cafb65d6acff 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -997,6 +997,9 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_suspend(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 static int check_vcpu_requests(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	if (kvm_request_pending(vcpu)) {
+		if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_VM_DEAD, vcpu))
+			return -EIO;
+
 		if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_SLEEP, vcpu))
 			kvm_vcpu_sleep(vcpu);
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
index 57aedf7b2b763f..d88fdeaf6144b7 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic-init.c
@@ -556,10 +556,10 @@ int kvm_vgic_map_resources(struct kvm *kvm)
 out:
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->arch.config_lock);
 out_slots:
-	mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
-
 	if (ret)
-		kvm_vgic_destroy(kvm);
+		kvm_vm_dead(kvm);
+
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->slots_lock);
 
 	return ret;
 }