diff --git a/include/linux/kvm_host.h b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
index a817e44..70b2296 100644
--- a/include/linux/kvm_host.h
+++ b/include/linux/kvm_host.h
@@ -266,7 +266,8 @@ struct kvm_vcpu {
 	struct preempt_notifier preempt_notifier;
 #endif
 	int cpu;
-	int vcpu_id;
+	int vcpu_id; /* id given by userspace at creation */
+	int vcpu_idx; /* index in kvm->vcpus array */
 	int srcu_idx;
 	int mode;
 	u64 requests;
@@ -570,13 +571,7 @@ static inline struct kvm_vcpu *kvm_get_vcpu_by_id(struct kvm *kvm, int id)
 
 static inline int kvm_vcpu_get_idx(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	struct kvm_vcpu *tmp;
-	int idx;
-
-	kvm_for_each_vcpu(idx, tmp, vcpu->kvm)
-		if (tmp == vcpu)
-			return idx;
-	BUG();
+	return vcpu->vcpu_idx;
 }
 
 #define kvm_for_each_memslot(memslot, slots)	\