diff --git a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
index cc1588d02b8d290c7a896a1cb13098a67552db52..a52dcf8ec0cd2e4ef4323ed82ebf933ce514222b 100644
--- a/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
+++ b/hw/ppc/spapr_pci.c
@@ -1745,7 +1745,8 @@ static void spapr_phb_realize(DeviceState *dev, Error **errp)
     }
 
     /* DMA setup */
-    if ((sphb->page_size_mask & qemu_getrampagesize()) == 0) {
+    if (((sphb->page_size_mask & qemu_getrampagesize()) == 0)
+        && kvm_enabled()) {
         error_report("System page size 0x%lx is not enabled in page_size_mask "
                      "(0x%"PRIx64"). Performance may be slow",
                      qemu_getrampagesize(), sphb->page_size_mask);