diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c
index f56ff1cf52ec25fc73aa15e4b1f909ef755c95d4..2b450d49a0467a93776d814d9e6fc4a8e82c45ec 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-mmio.c
@@ -338,11 +338,26 @@ static void vgic_mmio_change_active(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vgic_irq *irq,
 		vgic_hw_irq_change_active(vcpu, irq, active, !requester_vcpu);
 	} else {
 		u32 model = vcpu->kvm->arch.vgic.vgic_model;
+		u8 active_source;
 
 		irq->active = active;
+
+		/*
+		 * The GICv2 architecture indicates that the source CPUID for
+		 * an SGI should be provided during an EOI which implies that
+		 * the active state is stored somewhere, but at the same time
+		 * this state is not architecturally exposed anywhere and we
+		 * have no way of knowing the right source.
+		 *
+		 * This may lead to a VCPU not being able to receive
+		 * additional instances of a particular SGI after migration
+		 * for a GICv2 VM on some GIC implementations.  Oh well.
+		 */
+		active_source = (requester_vcpu) ? requester_vcpu->vcpu_id : 0;
+
 		if (model == KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V2 &&
 		    active && vgic_irq_is_sgi(irq->intid))
-			irq->active_source = requester_vcpu->vcpu_id;
+			irq->active_source = active_source;
 	}
 
 	if (irq->active)