diff --git a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
index b943a589ee41..9653e4075b11 100644
--- a/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
+++ b/arch/s390/kvm/kvm-s390.c
@@ -3403,7 +3403,7 @@ bool kvm_arch_no_poll(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	/* do not poll with more than halt_poll_max_steal percent of steal time */
 	if (S390_lowcore.avg_steal_timer * 100 / (TICK_USEC << 12) >=
-	    halt_poll_max_steal) {
+	    READ_ONCE(halt_poll_max_steal)) {
 		vcpu->stat.halt_no_poll_steal++;
 		return true;
 	}
diff --git a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
index e9990c4c6e40..a26b069a6929 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/kvm_main.c
@@ -3284,6 +3284,7 @@ update_halt_poll_stats(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 poll_ns, bool waited)
  */
 void kvm_vcpu_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
+	bool halt_poll_allowed = !kvm_arch_no_poll(vcpu);
 	ktime_t start, cur, poll_end;
 	bool waited = false;
 	u64 block_ns;
@@ -3291,7 +3292,7 @@ void kvm_vcpu_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	kvm_arch_vcpu_blocking(vcpu);
 
 	start = cur = poll_end = ktime_get();
-	if (vcpu->halt_poll_ns && !kvm_arch_no_poll(vcpu)) {
+	if (vcpu->halt_poll_ns && halt_poll_allowed) {
 		ktime_t stop = ktime_add_ns(ktime_get(), vcpu->halt_poll_ns);
 
 		++vcpu->stat.generic.halt_attempted_poll;
@@ -3346,7 +3347,7 @@ void kvm_vcpu_block(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	update_halt_poll_stats(
 		vcpu, ktime_to_ns(ktime_sub(poll_end, start)), waited);
 
-	if (!kvm_arch_no_poll(vcpu)) {
+	if (halt_poll_allowed) {
 		if (!vcpu_valid_wakeup(vcpu)) {
 			shrink_halt_poll_ns(vcpu);
 		} else if (vcpu->kvm->max_halt_poll_ns) {