diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c b/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c
index 8a9c42366db7..71a1535c9c67 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c
@@ -195,7 +195,6 @@ static u64 kvm_pmu_overflow_status(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 
 	if ((vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMCR_EL0) & 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);
 		reg &= kvm_pmu_valid_counter_mask(vcpu);
 	}