diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
index 593216bc14f0..8e10124a7420 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
@@ -917,9 +917,6 @@ int kvm_arm_pmu_v3_enable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		   return -EINVAL;
 	}
 
-	/* One-off reload of the PMU on first run */
-	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_RELOAD_PMU, vcpu);
-
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
index 4d1ef47d0049..727579acc7f6 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
@@ -1070,6 +1070,8 @@ static int set_pmreg(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct sys_reg_desc *r, u64 va
 	u64 mask = kvm_pmu_accessible_counter_mask(vcpu);
 
 	__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, r->reg) = val & mask;
+	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_RELOAD_PMU, vcpu);
+
 	return 0;
 }
 
@@ -1228,6 +1230,8 @@ static int set_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct sys_reg_desc *r,
 		val |= ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_LC;
 
 	__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, r->reg) = val;
+	kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_RELOAD_PMU, vcpu);
+
 	return 0;
 }