diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
index dfbfcb1fe933..3bdb31eaed64 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/vgic/vgic-init.c
@@ -231,13 +231,6 @@ int kvm_vgic_vcpu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 			irq->config = VGIC_CONFIG_LEVEL;
 		}
 
-		/*
-		 * GICv3 can only be created via the KVM_DEVICE_CREATE API and
-		 * so we always know the emulation type at this point as it's
-		 * either explicitly configured as GICv3, or explicitly
-		 * configured as GICv2, or not configured yet which also
-		 * implies GICv2.
-		 */
 		if (dist->vgic_model == KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3)
 			irq->group = 1;
 		else
@@ -281,7 +274,7 @@ int vgic_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 {
 	struct vgic_dist *dist = &kvm->arch.vgic;
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu;
-	int ret = 0, i;
+	int ret = 0, i, idx;
 
 	if (vgic_initialized(kvm))
 		return 0;
@@ -298,6 +291,19 @@ int vgic_init(struct kvm *kvm)
 	if (ret)
 		goto out;
 
+	/* Initialize groups on CPUs created before the VGIC type was known */
+	kvm_for_each_vcpu(idx, vcpu, kvm) {
+		struct vgic_cpu *vgic_cpu = &vcpu->arch.vgic_cpu;
+
+		for (i = 0; i < VGIC_NR_PRIVATE_IRQS; i++) {
+			struct vgic_irq *irq = &vgic_cpu->private_irqs[i];
+			if (dist->vgic_model == KVM_DEV_TYPE_ARM_VGIC_V3)
+				irq->group = 1;
+			else
+				irq->group = 0;
+		}
+	}
+
 	if (vgic_has_its(kvm)) {
 		ret = vgic_v4_init(kvm);
 		if (ret)