diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 7cd7d5c8c4bc2..6336b4309114b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
 #define KVM_REQ_VCPU_RESET	KVM_ARCH_REQ(2)
 #define KVM_REQ_RECORD_STEAL	KVM_ARCH_REQ(3)
 #define KVM_REQ_RELOAD_GICv4	KVM_ARCH_REQ(4)
+#define KVM_REQ_RELOAD_PMU	KVM_ARCH_REQ(5)
 
 #define KVM_DIRTY_LOG_MANUAL_CAPS   (KVM_DIRTY_LOG_MANUAL_PROTECT_ENABLE | \
 				     KVM_DIRTY_LOG_INITIALLY_SET)
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index e720148232a06..facf4d41d32a2 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -689,6 +689,10 @@ static void check_vcpu_requests(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 			vgic_v4_load(vcpu);
 			preempt_enable();
 		}
+
+		if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_RELOAD_PMU, vcpu))
+			kvm_pmu_handle_pmcr(vcpu,
+					    __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCR_EL0));
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
index ecc0d19c8cc14..f33825c995cbb 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
@@ -851,6 +851,9 @@ 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;
 }