diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
index b5e470571470b2621781094633a76bfc645f9104..efd1183a6b16d576ea75474f57e4268cffd19937 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
+++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/powerpc.c
@@ -536,7 +536,6 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
 #ifdef CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64
 	case KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE:
 	case KVM_CAP_SPAPR_TCE_64:
-	case KVM_CAP_PPC_ALLOC_HTAB:
 	case KVM_CAP_PPC_RTAS:
 	case KVM_CAP_PPC_FIXUP_HCALL:
 	case KVM_CAP_PPC_ENABLE_HCALL:
@@ -545,6 +544,10 @@ int kvm_vm_ioctl_check_extension(struct kvm *kvm, long ext)
 #endif
 		r = 1;
 		break;
+
+	case KVM_CAP_PPC_ALLOC_HTAB:
+		r = hv_enabled;
+		break;
 #endif /* CONFIG_PPC_BOOK3S_64 */
 #ifdef CONFIG_KVM_BOOK3S_HV_POSSIBLE
 	case KVM_CAP_PPC_SMT: