diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index b83d58f9f0b4..fa409d540d83 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -6905,21 +6905,15 @@ static int kvm_arch_suspend_notifier(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 	unsigned long i;
-	int ret = 0;
 
-	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
-		if (!vcpu->arch.pv_time.active)
-			continue;
+	/*
+	 * Ignore the return, marking the guest paused only "fails" if the vCPU
+	 * isn't using kvmclock; continuing on is correct and desirable.
+	 */
+	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm)
+		(void)kvm_set_guest_paused(vcpu);
 
-		ret = kvm_set_guest_paused(vcpu);
-		if (ret) {
-			kvm_err("Failed to pause guest VCPU%d: %d\n",
-				vcpu->vcpu_id, ret);
-			break;
-		}
-	}
-
-	return ret ? NOTIFY_BAD : NOTIFY_DONE;
+	return NOTIFY_DONE;
 }
 
 int kvm_arch_pm_notifier(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long state)