diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index 483c683..7b52207 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -2728,6 +2728,10 @@ static int kvm_vm_ioctl_create_vcpu(struct kvm *kvm, u32 id)
 	kvm->created_vcpus++;
 	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 
+	r = kvm_arch_vcpu_precreate(kvm, id);
+	if (r)
+		goto vcpu_decrement;
+
 	vcpu = kvm_arch_vcpu_create(kvm, id);
 	if (IS_ERR(vcpu)) {
 		r = PTR_ERR(vcpu);