if (tsc_delta < 0)
                        mark_tsc_unstable("KVM discovered backwards TSC");
 
-               if (kvm_lapic_hv_timer_in_use(vcpu) &&
-                               kvm_x86_ops->set_hv_timer(vcpu,
-                                       kvm_get_lapic_tscdeadline_msr(vcpu)))
-                       kvm_lapic_switch_to_sw_timer(vcpu);
                if (check_tsc_unstable()) {
                        u64 offset = kvm_compute_tsc_offset(vcpu,
                                                vcpu->arch.last_guest_tsc);
                        kvm_x86_ops->write_tsc_offset(vcpu, offset);
                        vcpu->arch.tsc_catchup = 1;
                }
+               if (kvm_lapic_hv_timer_in_use(vcpu) &&
+                               kvm_x86_ops->set_hv_timer(vcpu,
+                                       kvm_get_lapic_tscdeadline_msr(vcpu)))
+                       kvm_lapic_switch_to_sw_timer(vcpu);
                /*
                 * On a host with synchronized TSC, there is no need to update
                 * kvmclock on vcpu->cpu migration