diff --git a/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
index 827ff48..448314b 100644
--- a/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm/kvm/arm.c
@@ -427,11 +427,11 @@ static int kvm_vcpu_first_run_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	vcpu->arch.has_run_once = true;
 
 	/*
-	 * Initialize the VGIC before running a vcpu the first time on
-	 * this VM.
+	 * Map the VGIC hardware resources before running a vcpu the first
+	 * time on this VM.
 	 */
 	if (unlikely(!vgic_initialized(vcpu->kvm))) {
-		ret = kvm_vgic_init(vcpu->kvm);
+		ret = kvm_vgic_map_resources(vcpu->kvm);
 		if (ret)
 			return ret;
 	}
diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h b/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
index 206dcc3..fe9783b 100644
--- a/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_vgic.h
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ struct kvm_exit_mmio;
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_ARM_VGIC
 int kvm_vgic_addr(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type, u64 *addr, bool write);
 int kvm_vgic_hyp_init(void);
-int kvm_vgic_init(struct kvm *kvm);
+int kvm_vgic_map_resources(struct kvm *kvm);
 int kvm_vgic_create(struct kvm *kvm);
 void kvm_vgic_destroy(struct kvm *kvm);
 void kvm_vgic_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
@@ -321,7 +321,7 @@ static inline int kvm_vgic_addr(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type, u64 *addr,
 	return -ENXIO;
 }
 
-static inline int kvm_vgic_init(struct kvm *kvm)
+static inline int kvm_vgic_map_resources(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	return 0;
 }
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
index aacdb59..91e6bfc 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic.c
@@ -91,6 +91,7 @@
 #define ACCESS_WRITE_VALUE	(3 << 1)
 #define ACCESS_WRITE_MASK(x)	((x) & (3 << 1))
 
+static int vgic_init(struct kvm *kvm);
 static void vgic_retire_disabled_irqs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 static void vgic_retire_lr(int lr_nr, int irq, struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 static void vgic_update_state(struct kvm *kvm);
@@ -1726,39 +1727,14 @@ static int vgic_vcpu_init_maps(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, int nr_irqs)
 
 	int sz = (nr_irqs - VGIC_NR_PRIVATE_IRQS) / 8;
 	vgic_cpu->pending_shared = kzalloc(sz, GFP_KERNEL);
-	vgic_cpu->vgic_irq_lr_map = kzalloc(nr_irqs, GFP_KERNEL);
+	vgic_cpu->vgic_irq_lr_map = kmalloc(nr_irqs, GFP_KERNEL);
 
 	if (!vgic_cpu->pending_shared || !vgic_cpu->vgic_irq_lr_map) {
 		kvm_vgic_vcpu_destroy(vcpu);
 		return -ENOMEM;
 	}
 
-	return 0;
-}
-
-/**
- * kvm_vgic_vcpu_init - Initialize per-vcpu VGIC state
- * @vcpu: pointer to the vcpu struct
- *
- * Initialize the vgic_cpu struct and vgic_dist struct fields pertaining to
- * this vcpu and enable the VGIC for this VCPU
- */
-static void kvm_vgic_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
-{
-	struct vgic_cpu *vgic_cpu = &vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu;
-	struct vgic_dist *dist = &vcpu->kvm->arch.vgic;
-	int i;
-
-	for (i = 0; i < dist->nr_irqs; i++) {
-		if (i < VGIC_NR_PPIS)
-			vgic_bitmap_set_irq_val(&dist->irq_enabled,
-						vcpu->vcpu_id, i, 1);
-		if (i < VGIC_NR_PRIVATE_IRQS)
-			vgic_bitmap_set_irq_val(&dist->irq_cfg,
-						vcpu->vcpu_id, i, VGIC_CFG_EDGE);
-
-		vgic_cpu->vgic_irq_lr_map[i] = LR_EMPTY;
-	}
+	memset(vgic_cpu->vgic_irq_lr_map, LR_EMPTY, nr_irqs);
 
 	/*
 	 * Store the number of LRs per vcpu, so we don't have to go
@@ -1767,7 +1743,7 @@ static void kvm_vgic_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	 */
 	vgic_cpu->nr_lr = vgic->nr_lr;
 
-	vgic_enable(vcpu);
+	return 0;
 }
 
 void kvm_vgic_destroy(struct kvm *kvm)
@@ -1804,12 +1780,12 @@ void kvm_vgic_destroy(struct kvm *kvm)
  * Allocate and initialize the various data structures. Must be called
  * with kvm->lock held!
  */
-static int vgic_init_maps(struct kvm *kvm)
+static int vgic_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	struct vgic_dist *dist = &kvm->arch.vgic;
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
 	int nr_cpus, nr_irqs;
-	int ret, i;
+	int ret, i, vcpu_id;
 
 	if (dist->nr_cpus)	/* Already allocated */
 		return 0;
@@ -1859,16 +1835,28 @@ static int vgic_init_maps(struct kvm *kvm)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
-	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm) {
+	for (i = VGIC_NR_PRIVATE_IRQS; i < dist->nr_irqs; i += 4)
+		vgic_set_target_reg(kvm, 0, i);
+
+	kvm_for_each_vcpu(vcpu_id, vcpu, kvm) {
 		ret = vgic_vcpu_init_maps(vcpu, nr_irqs);
 		if (ret) {
 			kvm_err("VGIC: Failed to allocate vcpu memory\n");
 			break;
 		}
-	}
 
-	for (i = VGIC_NR_PRIVATE_IRQS; i < dist->nr_irqs; i += 4)
-		vgic_set_target_reg(kvm, 0, i);
+		for (i = 0; i < dist->nr_irqs; i++) {
+			if (i < VGIC_NR_PPIS)
+				vgic_bitmap_set_irq_val(&dist->irq_enabled,
+							vcpu->vcpu_id, i, 1);
+			if (i < VGIC_NR_PRIVATE_IRQS)
+				vgic_bitmap_set_irq_val(&dist->irq_cfg,
+							vcpu->vcpu_id, i,
+							VGIC_CFG_EDGE);
+		}
+
+		vgic_enable(vcpu);
+	}
 
 out:
 	if (ret)
@@ -1878,18 +1866,16 @@ out:
 }
 
 /**
- * kvm_vgic_init - Initialize global VGIC state before running any VCPUs
+ * kvm_vgic_map_resources - Configure global VGIC state before running any VCPUs
  * @kvm: pointer to the kvm struct
  *
  * Map the virtual CPU interface into the VM before running any VCPUs.  We
  * can't do this at creation time, because user space must first set the
- * virtual CPU interface address in the guest physical address space.  Also
- * initialize the ITARGETSRn regs to 0 on the emulated distributor.
+ * virtual CPU interface address in the guest physical address space.
  */
-int kvm_vgic_init(struct kvm *kvm)
+int kvm_vgic_map_resources(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
-	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
-	int ret = 0, i;
+	int ret = 0;
 
 	if (!irqchip_in_kernel(kvm))
 		return 0;
@@ -1906,7 +1892,11 @@ int kvm_vgic_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	ret = vgic_init_maps(kvm);
+	/*
+	 * Initialize the vgic if this hasn't already been done on demand by
+	 * accessing the vgic state from userspace.
+	 */
+	ret = vgic_init(kvm);
 	if (ret) {
 		kvm_err("Unable to allocate maps\n");
 		goto out;
@@ -1920,9 +1910,6 @@ int kvm_vgic_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 		goto out;
 	}
 
-	kvm_for_each_vcpu(i, vcpu, kvm)
-		kvm_vgic_vcpu_init(vcpu);
-
 	kvm->arch.vgic.ready = true;
 out:
 	if (ret)
@@ -2167,7 +2154,7 @@ static int vgic_attr_regs_access(struct kvm_device *dev,
 
 	mutex_lock(&dev->kvm->lock);
 
-	ret = vgic_init_maps(dev->kvm);
+	ret = vgic_init(dev->kvm);
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
