diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 3ad482d2f1eb91c8bfe6b597788e1e70b9521234..72d46418e1ef32fcc156de86e8ca498bdcb95714 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -354,4 +354,11 @@ static inline void kvm_vcpu_put_sysregs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu) {}
 struct kvm *kvm_arch_alloc_vm(void);
 void kvm_arch_free_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
 
+static inline int kvm_arm_config_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type)
+{
+	if (type)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
+
 #endif /* __ARM_KVM_HOST_H__ */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
index 3d6d7336f871221fd29bcc3bc4faa2cee0a7765f..b04280ae1be0f6f18456450d9fd5f65235bd1852 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/kvm_host.h
@@ -513,4 +513,6 @@ void kvm_vcpu_put_sysregs(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu);
 struct kvm *kvm_arch_alloc_vm(void);
 void kvm_arch_free_vm(struct kvm *kvm);
 
+int kvm_arm_config_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type);
+
 #endif /* __ARM64_KVM_HOST_H__ */
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
index e37c78bbe1ca9cc750c354412ef64092af5fc5dc..b0c07dab5cb376ce9773d7f142b2c711b642e867 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/reset.c
@@ -133,3 +133,10 @@ int kvm_reset_vcpu(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu)
 	/* Reset timer */
 	return kvm_timer_vcpu_reset(vcpu);
 }
+
+int kvm_arm_config_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type)
+{
+	if (type)
+		return -EINVAL;
+	return 0;
+}
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c b/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
index c92053bc3f96f875db4d2443ce79ab065fa2a00b..327d0fd28380445c18f1b0a43dabba5c38c68bf7 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/arm.c
@@ -120,8 +120,9 @@ int kvm_arch_init_vm(struct kvm *kvm, unsigned long type)
 {
 	int ret, cpu;
 
-	if (type)
-		return -EINVAL;
+	ret = kvm_arm_config_vm(kvm, type);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
 
 	kvm->arch.last_vcpu_ran = alloc_percpu(typeof(*kvm->arch.last_vcpu_ran));
 	if (!kvm->arch.last_vcpu_ran)