diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
index bd3431823ec54..fa7597882ed8c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
@@ -986,7 +986,6 @@ static bool access_pmu_evtyper(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct sys_reg_params *p,
 
 	if (p->is_write) {
 		kvm_pmu_set_counter_event_type(vcpu, p->regval, idx);
-		__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, reg) = p->regval & ARMV8_PMU_EVTYPE_MASK;
 		kvm_vcpu_pmu_restore_guest(vcpu);
 	} else {
 		p->regval = __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, reg) & ARMV8_PMU_EVTYPE_MASK;