diff --git a/arch/arm64/lib/delay.c b/arch/arm64/lib/delay.c
index cb2062e7e234..d02341303899 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/lib/delay.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/lib/delay.c
@@ -23,9 +23,20 @@ static inline unsigned long xloops_to_cycles(unsigned long xloops)
 	return (xloops * loops_per_jiffy * HZ) >> 32;
 }
 
+/*
+ * Force the use of CNTVCT_EL0 in order to have the same base as WFxT.
+ * This avoids some annoying issues when CNTVOFF_EL2 is not reset 0 on a
+ * KVM host running at EL1 until we do a vcpu_put() on the vcpu. When
+ * running at EL2, the effective offset is always 0.
+ *
+ * Note that userspace cannot change the offset behind our back either,
+ * as the vcpu mutex is held as long as KVM_RUN is in progress.
+ */
+#define __delay_cycles()	__arch_counter_get_cntvct_stable()
+
 void __delay(unsigned long cycles)
 {
-	cycles_t start = get_cycles();
+	cycles_t start = __delay_cycles();
 
 	if (alternative_has_cap_unlikely(ARM64_HAS_WFXT)) {
 		u64 end = start + cycles;
@@ -35,17 +46,17 @@ void __delay(unsigned long cycles)
 		 * early, use a WFET loop to complete the delay.
 		 */
 		wfit(end);
-		while ((get_cycles() - start) < cycles)
+		while ((__delay_cycles() - start) < cycles)
 			wfet(end);
 	} else 	if (arch_timer_evtstrm_available()) {
 		const cycles_t timer_evt_period =
 			USECS_TO_CYCLES(ARCH_TIMER_EVT_STREAM_PERIOD_US);
 
-		while ((get_cycles() - start + timer_evt_period) < cycles)
+		while ((__delay_cycles() - start + timer_evt_period) < cycles)
 			wfe();
 	}
 
-	while ((get_cycles() - start) < cycles)
+	while ((__delay_cycles() - start) < cycles)
 		cpu_relax();
 }
 EXPORT_SYMBOL(__delay);