diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
index 6b3ec956a6e2b..c6423782a8aa8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
@@ -606,17 +606,13 @@ void kvm_pmu_handle_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 val)
 	if (!kvm_has_feat(vcpu->kvm, ID_AA64DFR0_EL1, PMUVer, V3P5))
 		val &= ~ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_LP;
 
+	/* Request a reload of the PMU to enable/disable affected counters */
+	if ((__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCR_EL0) ^ val) & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_E)
+		kvm_make_request(KVM_REQ_RELOAD_PMU, vcpu);
+
 	/* The reset bits don't indicate any state, and shouldn't be saved. */
 	__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCR_EL0) = val & ~(ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_C | ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_P);
 
-	if (val & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_E) {
-		kvm_pmu_reprogram_counter_mask(vcpu,
-		       __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCNTENSET_EL0));
-	} else {
-		kvm_pmu_reprogram_counter_mask(vcpu,
-		       __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCNTENSET_EL0));
-	}
-
 	if (val & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_C)
 		kvm_pmu_set_counter_value(vcpu, ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX, 0);
 
@@ -626,7 +622,6 @@ void kvm_pmu_handle_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 val)
 		for_each_set_bit(i, &mask, 32)
 			kvm_pmu_set_pmc_value(kvm_vcpu_idx_to_pmc(vcpu, i), 0, true);
 	}
-	kvm_vcpu_pmu_restore_guest(vcpu);
 }
 
 static bool kvm_pmu_counter_is_enabled(struct kvm_pmc *pmc)
@@ -890,11 +885,11 @@ void kvm_vcpu_reload_pmu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	u64 mask = kvm_pmu_implemented_counter_mask(vcpu);
 
-	kvm_pmu_handle_pmcr(vcpu, kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(vcpu));
-
 	__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMOVSSET_EL0) &= mask;
 	__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMINTENSET_EL1) &= mask;
 	__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCNTENSET_EL0) &= mask;
+
+	kvm_pmu_reprogram_counter_mask(vcpu, mask);
 }
 
 int kvm_arm_pmu_v3_enable(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)