diff --git a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vmcs.c b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vmcs.c
index 6e2d76692..1efa37db6 100644
--- a/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vmcs.c
+++ b/hypervisor/arch/x86/guest/vmcs.c
@@ -562,6 +562,7 @@ void switch_apicv_mode_x2apic(struct acrn_vcpu *vcpu)
 		 * Disable posted interrupt processing
 		 * update x2apic msr bitmap for pass-thru
 		 * enable inteception only for ICR
+		 * enable NMI exit as we will use NMI to kick vCPU thread
 		 * disable pre-emption for TSC DEADLINE MSR
 		 * Disable Register Virtualization and virtual interrupt delivery
 		 * Disable "use TPR shadow"
@@ -572,6 +573,16 @@ void switch_apicv_mode_x2apic(struct acrn_vcpu *vcpu)
 		if (is_apicv_advanced_feature_supported()) {
 			value32 &= ~VMX_PINBASED_CTLS_POST_IRQ;
 		}
+
+		/*
+		 * ACRN hypervisor needs to kick vCPU off VMX non-root mode to do some
+		 * operations in hypervisor, such as interrupt/exception injection, EPT
+		 * flush etc. For non lapic-pt vCPUs, we can use IPI to do so. But, it
+		 * doesn't work for lapic-pt vCPUs as the IPI will be injected to VMs
+		 * directly without vmexit. So, here we enable NMI-exiting and use NMI
+		 * as notification signal after passthroughing the lapic to vCPU.
+		 */
+		value32 |= VMX_PINBASED_CTLS_NMI_EXIT;
 		exec_vmwrite32(VMX_PIN_VM_EXEC_CONTROLS, value32);
 
 		value32 = exec_vmread32(VMX_EXIT_CONTROLS);
diff --git a/hypervisor/common/schedule.c b/hypervisor/common/schedule.c
index 2f0cd1540..da6c785be 100644
--- a/hypervisor/common/schedule.c
+++ b/hypervisor/common/schedule.c
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ struct thread_object *sched_get_current(uint16_t pcpu_id)
 }
 
 /**
- * @pre delmode == DEL_MODE_IPI || delmode == DEL_MODE_INIT
+ * @pre delmode == DEL_MODE_IPI || delmode == DEL_MODE_INIT || delmode == DEL_MODE_NMI
  */
 void make_reschedule_request(uint16_t pcpu_id, uint16_t delmode)
 {
@@ -138,6 +138,9 @@ void make_reschedule_request(uint16_t pcpu_id, uint16_t delmode)
 		case DEL_MODE_INIT:
 			send_single_init(pcpu_id);
 			break;
+		case DEL_MODE_NMI:
+			send_single_nmi(pcpu_id);
+			break;
 		default:
 			ASSERT(false, "Unknown delivery mode %u for pCPU%u", delmode, pcpu_id);
 			break;
@@ -235,10 +238,20 @@ void kick_thread(const struct thread_object *obj)
 	obtain_schedule_lock(pcpu_id, &rflag);
 	if (is_running(obj)) {
 		if (get_pcpu_id() != pcpu_id) {
-			send_single_ipi(pcpu_id, VECTOR_NOTIFY_VCPU);
+			if (obj->notify_mode == SCHED_NOTIFY_IPI) {
+				send_single_ipi(pcpu_id, VECTOR_NOTIFY_VCPU);
+			} else {
+				/* For lapic-pt vCPUs */
+				send_single_nmi(pcpu_id);
+			}
 		}
 	} else if (is_runnable(obj)) {
-		make_reschedule_request(pcpu_id, DEL_MODE_IPI);
+		if (obj->notify_mode == SCHED_NOTIFY_IPI) {
+			make_reschedule_request(pcpu_id, DEL_MODE_IPI);
+		} else {
+			/* For lapic-pt vCPUs */
+			make_reschedule_request(pcpu_id, DEL_MODE_NMI);
+		}
 	} else {
 		/* do nothing */
 	}
diff --git a/hypervisor/include/common/schedule.h b/hypervisor/include/common/schedule.h
index 9d7c9d398..164e34410 100644
--- a/hypervisor/include/common/schedule.h
+++ b/hypervisor/include/common/schedule.h
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 
 #define DEL_MODE_INIT		(1U)
 #define DEL_MODE_IPI		(2U)
+#define DEL_MODE_NMI		(3U)
 
 #define THREAD_DATA_SIZE	(256U)