diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
index e73378b6f10c..f938fc997766 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
@@ -104,6 +104,9 @@ static bool intel_pmc_is_enabled(struct kvm_pmc *pmc)
 {
 	struct kvm_pmu *pmu = pmc_to_pmu(pmc);
 
+	if (pmu->version < 2)
+		return true;
+
 	return test_bit(pmc->idx, (unsigned long *)&pmu->global_ctrl);
 }