diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c
index 3ad6b7c6e4ba..f4d7b12045e8 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/debug.c
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 #include <linux/kvm_host.h>
 #include <linux/hw_breakpoint.h>
 
+#include <asm/arm_pmuv3.h>
 #include <asm/debug-monitors.h>
 #include <asm/kvm_asm.h>
 #include <asm/kvm_arm.h>
@@ -75,8 +76,10 @@ static void kvm_arm_setup_mdcr_el2(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 void kvm_init_host_debug_data(void)
 {
 	u64 dfr0 = read_sysreg(id_aa64dfr0_el1);
+	unsigned int pmuver = cpuid_feature_extract_unsigned_field(dfr0,
+								   ID_AA64DFR0_EL1_PMUVer_SHIFT);
 
-	if (cpuid_feature_extract_signed_field(dfr0, ID_AA64DFR0_EL1_PMUVer_SHIFT) > 0)
+	if (pmuv3_implemented(pmuver))
 		*host_data_ptr(nr_event_counters) = FIELD_GET(ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_N,
 							      read_sysreg(pmcr_el0));