kvm_timer_vcpu_put(vcpu);
 }
 
+static void vcpu_power_off(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+       vcpu->arch.power_off = true;
+       kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_VCPU_EXIT, vcpu);
+       kvm_vcpu_kick(vcpu);
+}
+
 int kvm_arch_vcpu_ioctl_get_mpstate(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
                                    struct kvm_mp_state *mp_state)
 {
                vcpu->arch.power_off = false;
                break;
        case KVM_MP_STATE_STOPPED:
-               vcpu->arch.power_off = true;
+               vcpu_power_off(vcpu);
                break;
        default:
                return -EINVAL;
        swait_event_interruptible(*wq, ((!vcpu->arch.power_off) &&
                                       (!vcpu->arch.pause)));
 
-       if (vcpu->arch.pause) {
+       if (vcpu->arch.power_off || vcpu->arch.pause) {
                /* Awaken to handle a signal, request we sleep again later. */
                kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_VCPU_EXIT, vcpu);
        }
 
                check_vcpu_requests(vcpu);
 
-               if (vcpu->arch.power_off)
-                       vcpu_sleep(vcpu);
-
                /*
                 * Preparing the interrupts to be injected also
                 * involves poking the GIC, which must be done in a
                smp_store_mb(vcpu->mode, IN_GUEST_MODE);
 
                if (ret <= 0 || need_new_vmid_gen(vcpu->kvm) ||
-                   kvm_request_pending(vcpu) ||
-                   vcpu->arch.power_off) {
+                   kvm_request_pending(vcpu)) {
                        vcpu->mode = OUTSIDE_GUEST_MODE;
                        local_irq_enable();
                        kvm_pmu_sync_hwstate(vcpu);
         * Handle the "start in power-off" case.
         */
        if (test_bit(KVM_ARM_VCPU_POWER_OFF, vcpu->arch.features))
-               vcpu->arch.power_off = true;
+               vcpu_power_off(vcpu);
        else
                vcpu->arch.power_off = false;