diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
index 0ae7f913d782..78b74ba17592 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/lapic.c
@@ -2970,7 +2970,7 @@ static enum hrtimer_restart apic_timer_fn(struct hrtimer *data)
 
 	apic_timer_expired(apic, true);
 
-	if (lapic_is_periodic(apic)) {
+	if (lapic_is_periodic(apic) && !WARN_ON_ONCE(!apic->lapic_timer.period)) {
 		advance_periodic_target_expiration(apic);
 		hrtimer_add_expires_ns(&ktimer->timer, ktimer->period);
 		return HRTIMER_RESTART;