diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
index 1e9fe8764584..9e29f03d3463 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/vgic/vgic.c
@@ -534,11 +534,9 @@ int kvm_vgic_inject_irq(struct kvm *kvm, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 {
 	struct vgic_irq *irq;
 	unsigned long flags;
-	int ret;
 
-	ret = vgic_lazy_init(kvm);
-	if (ret)
-		return ret;
+	if (unlikely(!vgic_initialized(kvm)))
+		return 0;
 
 	if (!vcpu && irq_is_private(kvm, intid))
 		return -EINVAL;