diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
index 4866b3f7b4ea3..86cafe5a6010b 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/arm.c
@@ -801,8 +801,7 @@ static int check_vcpu_requests(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 		}
 
 		if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_RELOAD_PMU, vcpu))
-			kvm_pmu_handle_pmcr(vcpu,
-					    __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCR_EL0));
+			kvm_pmu_handle_pmcr(vcpu, kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(vcpu));
 
 		if (kvm_check_request(KVM_REQ_RESYNC_PMU_EL0, vcpu))
 			kvm_vcpu_pmu_restore_guest(vcpu);
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
index 998e1bbd5310d..d89438956f7d3 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/pmu-emul.c
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ static bool kvm_pmc_is_64bit(struct kvm_pmc *pmc)
 
 static bool kvm_pmc_has_64bit_overflow(struct kvm_pmc *pmc)
 {
-	u64 val = __vcpu_sys_reg(kvm_pmc_to_vcpu(pmc), PMCR_EL0);
+	u64 val = kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(kvm_pmc_to_vcpu(pmc));
 
 	return (pmc->idx < ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX && (val & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_LP)) ||
 	       (pmc->idx == ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX && (val & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_LC));
@@ -250,7 +250,7 @@ void kvm_pmu_vcpu_destroy(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 u64 kvm_pmu_valid_counter_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
-	u64 val = __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCR_EL0) >> ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_N_SHIFT;
+	u64 val = kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(vcpu) >> ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_N_SHIFT;
 
 	val &= ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_N_MASK;
 	if (val == 0)
@@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ void kvm_pmu_enable_counter_mask(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 val)
 	if (!kvm_vcpu_has_pmu(vcpu))
 		return;
 
-	if (!(__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCR_EL0) & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_E) || !val)
+	if (!(kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(vcpu) & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_E) || !val)
 		return;
 
 	for (i = 0; i < ARMV8_PMU_MAX_COUNTERS; i++) {
@@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static u64 kvm_pmu_overflow_status(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 {
 	u64 reg = 0;
 
-	if ((__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCR_EL0) & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_E)) {
+	if ((kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(vcpu) & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_E)) {
 		reg = __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMOVSSET_EL0);
 		reg &= __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCNTENSET_EL0);
 		reg &= __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMINTENSET_EL1);
@@ -426,7 +426,7 @@ static void kvm_pmu_counter_increment(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu,
 {
 	int i;
 
-	if (!(__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCR_EL0) & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_E))
+	if (!(kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(vcpu) & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_E))
 		return;
 
 	/* Weed out disabled counters */
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ void kvm_pmu_handle_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 val)
 static bool kvm_pmu_counter_is_enabled(struct kvm_pmc *pmc)
 {
 	struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu = kvm_pmc_to_vcpu(pmc);
-	return (__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCR_EL0) & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_E) &&
+	return (kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(vcpu) & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_E) &&
 	       (__vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCNTENSET_EL0) & BIT(pmc->idx));
 }
 
@@ -1084,3 +1084,12 @@ u8 kvm_arm_pmu_get_pmuver_limit(void)
 					      ID_AA64DFR0_EL1_PMUVer_V3P5);
 	return FIELD_GET(ARM64_FEATURE_MASK(ID_AA64DFR0_EL1_PMUVer), tmp);
 }
+
+/**
+ * kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr - Read PMCR_EL0 register for the vCPU
+ * @vcpu: The vcpu pointer
+ */
+u64 kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	return __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCR_EL0);
+}
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
index 66b9e1de54230..5ae7399f2b822 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
@@ -803,7 +803,7 @@ static bool access_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct sys_reg_params *p,
 		 * Only update writeable bits of PMCR (continuing into
 		 * kvm_pmu_handle_pmcr() as well)
 		 */
-		val = __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCR_EL0);
+		val = kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(vcpu);
 		val &= ~ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_MASK;
 		val |= p->regval & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_MASK;
 		if (!kvm_supports_32bit_el0())
@@ -811,7 +811,7 @@ static bool access_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, struct sys_reg_params *p,
 		kvm_pmu_handle_pmcr(vcpu, val);
 	} else {
 		/* PMCR.P & PMCR.C are RAZ */
-		val = __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCR_EL0)
+		val = kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(vcpu)
 		      & ~(ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_P | ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_C);
 		p->regval = val;
 	}
@@ -860,7 +860,7 @@ static bool pmu_counter_idx_valid(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 idx)
 {
 	u64 pmcr, val;
 
-	pmcr = __vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCR_EL0);
+	pmcr = kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(vcpu);
 	val = (pmcr >> ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_N_SHIFT) & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_N_MASK;
 	if (idx >= val && idx != ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX) {
 		kvm_inject_undefined(vcpu);
diff --git a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
index b80c75d80886b..c6a5e49b850ab 100644
--- a/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
+++ b/include/kvm/arm_pmu.h
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ void kvm_vcpu_pmu_resync_el0(void);
 u8 kvm_arm_pmu_get_pmuver_limit(void);
 int kvm_arm_set_default_pmu(struct kvm *kvm);
 
+u64 kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 #else
 struct kvm_pmu {
 };
@@ -180,6 +181,11 @@ static inline int kvm_arm_set_default_pmu(struct kvm *kvm)
 	return -ENODEV;
 }
 
+static inline u64 kvm_vcpu_read_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
+{
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #endif
 
 #endif
