diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h
index 080a3bbbeda3..79988dafb15b 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/pmu.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ struct kvm_pmu_ops {
 	void (*cleanup)(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 
 	const u64 EVENTSEL_EVENT;
+	const int MAX_NR_GP_COUNTERS;
 };
 
 void kvm_pmu_ops_update(const struct kvm_pmu_ops *pmu_ops);
@@ -157,7 +158,7 @@ static inline bool pmc_speculative_in_use(struct kvm_pmc *pmc)
 
 extern struct x86_pmu_capability kvm_pmu_cap;
 
-static inline void kvm_init_pmu_capability(void)
+static inline void kvm_init_pmu_capability(const struct kvm_pmu_ops *pmu_ops)
 {
 	bool is_intel = boot_cpu_data.x86_vendor == X86_VENDOR_INTEL;
 
@@ -176,6 +177,8 @@ static inline void kvm_init_pmu_capability(void)
 	}
 
 	kvm_pmu_cap.version = min(kvm_pmu_cap.version, 2);
+	kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_gp = min(kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_gp,
+					  pmu_ops->MAX_NR_GP_COUNTERS);
 	kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_fixed = min(kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_fixed,
 					     KVM_PMC_MAX_FIXED);
 }
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c
index 5da8c292e3e3..cc77a0681800 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/svm/pmu.c
@@ -232,4 +232,5 @@ struct kvm_pmu_ops amd_pmu_ops __initdata = {
 	.init = amd_pmu_init,
 	.reset = amd_pmu_reset,
 	.EVENTSEL_EVENT = AMD64_EVENTSEL_EVENT,
+	.MAX_NR_GP_COUNTERS = KVM_AMD_PMC_MAX_GENERIC,
 };
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
index ef24d254cf06..e8a3be0b9df9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/vmx/pmu_intel.c
@@ -815,4 +815,5 @@ struct kvm_pmu_ops intel_pmu_ops __initdata = {
 	.deliver_pmi = intel_pmu_deliver_pmi,
 	.cleanup = intel_pmu_cleanup,
 	.EVENTSEL_EVENT = ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_EVENT,
+	.MAX_NR_GP_COUNTERS = KVM_INTEL_PMC_MAX_GENERIC,
 };
diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
index da02a08e21b5..ad95ce92a154 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kvm/x86.c
@@ -7061,12 +7061,12 @@ static void kvm_init_msr_list(void)
 			break;
 		case MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR0 ... MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR_MAX:
 			if (msrs_to_save_all[i] - MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_PERFCTR0 >=
-			    min(KVM_INTEL_PMC_MAX_GENERIC, kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_gp))
+			    kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_gp)
 				continue;
 			break;
 		case MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0 ... MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL_MAX:
 			if (msrs_to_save_all[i] - MSR_ARCH_PERFMON_EVENTSEL0 >=
-			    min(KVM_INTEL_PMC_MAX_GENERIC, kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_gp))
+			    kvm_pmu_cap.num_counters_gp)
 				continue;
 			break;
 		case MSR_IA32_XFD:
@@ -9386,7 +9386,7 @@ static int __kvm_x86_vendor_init(struct kvm_x86_init_ops *ops)
 	if (boot_cpu_has(X86_FEATURE_XSAVES))
 		rdmsrl(MSR_IA32_XSS, host_xss);
 
-	kvm_init_pmu_capability();
+	kvm_init_pmu_capability(ops->pmu_ops);
 
 	r = ops->hardware_setup();
 	if (r != 0)