diff --git a/target/arm/kvm.c b/target/arm/kvm.c
index e5c1bd50d2..1e4de9b42e 100644
--- a/target/arm/kvm.c
+++ b/target/arm/kvm.c
@@ -79,7 +79,9 @@ bool kvm_arm_create_scratch_host_vcpu(const uint32_t *cpus_to_try,
     if (max_vm_pa_size < 0) {
         max_vm_pa_size = 0;
     }
-    vmfd = ioctl(kvmfd, KVM_CREATE_VM, max_vm_pa_size);
+    do {
+        vmfd = ioctl(kvmfd, KVM_CREATE_VM, max_vm_pa_size);
+    } while (vmfd == -1 && errno == EINTR);
     if (vmfd < 0) {
         goto err;
     }