diff --git a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c
index dc3c118efb578..921340413846c 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/kvm/vcpu_pmu.c
@@ -80,6 +80,14 @@ void kvm_riscv_vcpu_pmu_init(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	struct kvm_pmu *kvpmu = vcpu_to_pmu(vcpu);
 	struct kvm_pmc *pmc;
 
+	/*
+	 * PMU functionality should be only available to guests if privilege mode
+	 * filtering is available in the host. Otherwise, guest will always count
+	 * events while the execution is in hypervisor mode.
+	 */
+	if (!riscv_isa_extension_available(NULL, SSCOFPMF))
+		return;
+
 	ret = riscv_pmu_get_hpm_info(&hpm_width, &num_hw_ctrs);
 	if (ret < 0 || !hpm_width || !num_hw_ctrs)
 		return;