diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c b/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c
index 750ff0b294047cf83b2c28f72cfbd057375fc7b1..d057376bd3d33ceb24155d6b2d19a7e5fa18a71a 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/ioapic.c
@@ -225,12 +225,12 @@ static int ioapic_set_irq(struct kvm_ioapic *ioapic, unsigned int irq,
 	}
 
 	/*
-	 * AMD SVM AVIC accelerate EOI write and do not trap,
-	 * in-kernel IOAPIC will not be able to receive the EOI.
-	 * In this case, we do lazy update of the pending EOI when
-	 * trying to set IOAPIC irq.
+	 * AMD SVM AVIC accelerate EOI write iff the interrupt is edge
+	 * triggered, in which case the in-kernel IOAPIC will not be able
+	 * to receive the EOI.  In this case, we do a lazy update of the
+	 * pending EOI when trying to set IOAPIC irq.
 	 */
-	if (kvm_apicv_activated(ioapic->kvm))
+	if (edge && kvm_apicv_activated(ioapic->kvm))
 		ioapic_lazy_update_eoi(ioapic, irq);
 
 	/*