diff --git a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vcpu.rst b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vcpu.rst
index 60a29972d3f1..d063aaee5bb7 100644
--- a/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vcpu.rst
+++ b/Documentation/virt/kvm/devices/vcpu.rst
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ irqchip.
 	 -ENODEV  PMUv3 not supported or GIC not initialized
 	 -ENXIO   PMUv3 not properly configured or in-kernel irqchip not
 	 	  configured as required prior to calling this attribute
-	 -EBUSY   PMUv3 already initialized
+	 -EBUSY   PMUv3 already initialized or a VCPU has already run
 	 -EINVAL  Invalid filter range
 	 =======  ======================================================
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 5bc01e62c08a..2869259e10c0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -136,6 +136,7 @@ struct kvm_arch {
 
 	/* Memory Tagging Extension enabled for the guest */
 	bool mte_enabled;
+	bool ran_once;
 };
 
 struct kvm_vcpu_fault_info {
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index a4a0063df456..f4e7e38a19e9 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -634,6 +634,10 @@ int kvm_arch_vcpu_run_pid_change(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	if (kvm_vm_is_protected(kvm))
 		kvm_call_hyp_nvhe(__pkvm_vcpu_init_traps, vcpu);
 
+	mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
+	kvm->arch.ran_once = true;
+	mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
+
 	return ret;
 }
 
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
index fbcfd4ec6f92..bc771bc1a041 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
@@ -924,6 +924,8 @@ static bool pmu_irq_is_valid(struct kvm *kvm, int irq)
 
 int kvm_arm_pmu_v3_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_device_attr *attr)
 {
+	struct kvm *kvm = vcpu->kvm;
+
 	if (!kvm_vcpu_has_pmu(vcpu))
 		return -ENODEV;
 
@@ -941,7 +943,7 @@ int kvm_arm_pmu_v3_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_device_attr *attr)
 		int __user *uaddr = (int __user *)(long)attr->addr;
 		int irq;
 
-		if (!irqchip_in_kernel(vcpu->kvm))
+		if (!irqchip_in_kernel(kvm))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		if (get_user(irq, uaddr))
@@ -951,7 +953,7 @@ int kvm_arm_pmu_v3_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_device_attr *attr)
 		if (!(irq_is_ppi(irq) || irq_is_spi(irq)))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		if (!pmu_irq_is_valid(vcpu->kvm, irq))
+		if (!pmu_irq_is_valid(kvm, irq))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
 		if (kvm_arm_pmu_irq_initialized(vcpu))
@@ -966,7 +968,7 @@ int kvm_arm_pmu_v3_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_device_attr *attr)
 		struct kvm_pmu_event_filter filter;
 		int nr_events;
 
-		nr_events = kvm_pmu_event_mask(vcpu->kvm) + 1;
+		nr_events = kvm_pmu_event_mask(kvm) + 1;
 
 		uaddr = (struct kvm_pmu_event_filter __user *)(long)attr->addr;
 
@@ -978,12 +980,17 @@ int kvm_arm_pmu_v3_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_device_attr *attr)
 		     filter.action != KVM_PMU_EVENT_DENY))
 			return -EINVAL;
 
-		mutex_lock(&vcpu->kvm->lock);
+		mutex_lock(&kvm->lock);
+
+		if (kvm->arch.ran_once) {
+			mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
+			return -EBUSY;
+		}
 
-		if (!vcpu->kvm->arch.pmu_filter) {
-			vcpu->kvm->arch.pmu_filter = bitmap_alloc(nr_events, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
-			if (!vcpu->kvm->arch.pmu_filter) {
-				mutex_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->lock);
+		if (!kvm->arch.pmu_filter) {
+			kvm->arch.pmu_filter = bitmap_alloc(nr_events, GFP_KERNEL_ACCOUNT);
+			if (!kvm->arch.pmu_filter) {
+				mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 				return -ENOMEM;
 			}
 
@@ -994,17 +1001,17 @@ int kvm_arm_pmu_v3_set_attr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct kvm_device_attr *attr)
 			 * events, the default is to allow.
 			 */
 			if (filter.action == KVM_PMU_EVENT_ALLOW)
-				bitmap_zero(vcpu->kvm->arch.pmu_filter, nr_events);
+				bitmap_zero(kvm->arch.pmu_filter, nr_events);
 			else
-				bitmap_fill(vcpu->kvm->arch.pmu_filter, nr_events);
+				bitmap_fill(kvm->arch.pmu_filter, nr_events);
 		}
 
 		if (filter.action == KVM_PMU_EVENT_ALLOW)
-			bitmap_set(vcpu->kvm->arch.pmu_filter, filter.base_event, filter.nevents);
+			bitmap_set(kvm->arch.pmu_filter, filter.base_event, filter.nevents);
 		else
-			bitmap_clear(vcpu->kvm->arch.pmu_filter, filter.base_event, filter.nevents);
+			bitmap_clear(kvm->arch.pmu_filter, filter.base_event, filter.nevents);
 
-		mutex_unlock(&vcpu->kvm->lock);
+		mutex_unlock(&kvm->lock);
 
 		return 0;
 	}
