diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/perf_event.h b/arch/arm64/include/asm/perf_event.h
index 2065f46fa7407deb4d43e7dc8783ca8667759500..38b6a2b49d6895dbd7904a27792520514d445044 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/perf_event.h
+++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/perf_event.h
@@ -46,7 +46,15 @@
 #define	ARMV8_PMU_EVTYPE_MASK	0xc800ffff	/* Mask for writable bits */
 #define	ARMV8_PMU_EVTYPE_EVENT	0xffff		/* Mask for EVENT bits */
 
-#define ARMV8_PMU_EVTYPE_EVENT_SW_INCR	0	/* Software increment event */
+/*
+ * PMUv3 event types: required events
+ */
+#define ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_SW_INCR				0x00
+#define ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_REFILL			0x03
+#define ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE				0x04
+#define ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_BR_MIS_PRED				0x10
+#define ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_CPU_CYCLES				0x11
+#define ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_BR_PRED				0x12
 
 /*
  * Event filters for PMUv3
diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
index a9310a69fffd4d453b760a15d16cc8e9cd1a90e8..57ae9d9ed9bb666e5bd20698f9dce2d1f25d731f 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/perf_event.c
@@ -31,17 +31,9 @@
 
 /*
  * ARMv8 PMUv3 Performance Events handling code.
- * Common event types.
+ * Common event types (some are defined in asm/perf_event.h).
  */
 
-/* Required events. */
-#define ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_SW_INCR				0x00
-#define ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE_REFILL			0x03
-#define ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_L1D_CACHE				0x04
-#define ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_BR_MIS_PRED				0x10
-#define ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_CPU_CYCLES				0x11
-#define ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_BR_PRED				0x12
-
 /* At least one of the following is required. */
 #define ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_INST_RETIRED			0x08
 #define ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_INST_SPEC				0x1B
diff --git a/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c b/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c
index 6e9c40eea208a2e2e2f7e36e45dc7fc3329f5169..69ccce308458a4c3de79ab1b6ffceee0f2cfb47d 100644
--- a/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c
+++ b/virt/kvm/arm/pmu.c
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ void kvm_pmu_software_increment(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 val)
 			continue;
 		type = vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMEVTYPER0_EL0 + i)
 		       & ARMV8_PMU_EVTYPE_EVENT;
-		if ((type == ARMV8_PMU_EVTYPE_EVENT_SW_INCR)
+		if ((type == ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_SW_INCR)
 		    && (enable & BIT(i))) {
 			reg = vcpu_sys_reg(vcpu, PMEVCNTR0_EL0 + i) + 1;
 			reg = lower_32_bits(reg);
@@ -379,7 +379,8 @@ void kvm_pmu_set_counter_event_type(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 data,
 	eventsel = data & ARMV8_PMU_EVTYPE_EVENT;
 
 	/* Software increment event does't need to be backed by a perf event */
-	if (eventsel == ARMV8_PMU_EVTYPE_EVENT_SW_INCR)
+	if (eventsel == ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_SW_INCR &&
+	    select_idx != ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX)
 		return;
 
 	memset(&attr, 0, sizeof(struct perf_event_attr));
@@ -391,7 +392,8 @@ void kvm_pmu_set_counter_event_type(struct kvm_vcpu *vcpu, u64 data,
 	attr.exclude_kernel = data & ARMV8_PMU_EXCLUDE_EL1 ? 1 : 0;
 	attr.exclude_hv = 1; /* Don't count EL2 events */
 	attr.exclude_host = 1; /* Don't count host events */
-	attr.config = eventsel;
+	attr.config = (select_idx == ARMV8_PMU_CYCLE_IDX) ?
+		ARMV8_PMUV3_PERFCTR_CPU_CYCLES : eventsel;
 
 	counter = kvm_pmu_get_counter_value(vcpu, select_idx);
 	/* The initial sample period (overflow count) of an event. */