diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
index 9f845556dde8..61d601387058 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/nested.c
@@ -2611,6 +2611,7 @@ static int prepare_vmcs02(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct vmcs12 *vmcs12,
 		vcpu->arch.walk_mmu->inject_page_fault = vmx_inject_page_fault_nested;
 
 	if ((vmcs12->vm_entry_controls & VM_ENTRY_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL) &&
+	    intel_pmu_has_perf_global_ctrl(vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu)) &&
 	    WARN_ON_ONCE(kvm_set_msr(vcpu, MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL,
 				     vmcs12->guest_ia32_perf_global_ctrl))) {
 		*entry_failure_code = ENTRY_FAIL_DEFAULT;
@@ -4329,7 +4330,8 @@ static void load_vmcs12_host_state(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 		vmcs_write64(GUEST_IA32_PAT, vmcs12->host_ia32_pat);
 		vcpu->arch.pat = vmcs12->host_ia32_pat;
 	}
-	if (vmcs12->vm_exit_controls & VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL)
+	if ((vmcs12->vm_exit_controls & VM_EXIT_LOAD_IA32_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL) &&
+	    intel_pmu_has_perf_global_ctrl(vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu)))
 		WARN_ON_ONCE(kvm_set_msr(vcpu, MSR_CORE_PERF_GLOBAL_CTRL,
 					 vmcs12->host_ia32_perf_global_ctrl));