diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
index d5ee52d6bf7326f9254298631ef2fc0824c0e176..c6cbfe6b854b310f74608c87136b81b5691ef51f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/sys_regs.c
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ static void reset_pmcr(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, const struct sys_reg_desc *r)
 		return;
 
 	/* Only preserve PMCR_EL0.N, and reset the rest to 0 */
-	pmcr = read_sysreg(pmcr_el0) & ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_N_MASK;
+	pmcr = read_sysreg(pmcr_el0) & (ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_N_MASK << ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_N_SHIFT);
 	if (!kvm_supports_32bit_el0())
 		pmcr |= ARMV8_PMU_PMCR_LC;