diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
index f6945bef2cd10e7b1cbf439cb5ae89cc614bf47c..94f6434843008c38b8a091c077e0c94fc36c9a07 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvm.c
@@ -283,7 +283,14 @@ NOKPROBE_SYMBOL(do_async_page_fault);
 static void __init paravirt_ops_setup(void)
 {
 	pv_info.name = "KVM";
-	pv_info.paravirt_enabled = 1;
+
+	/*
+	 * KVM isn't paravirt in the sense of paravirt_enabled.  A KVM
+	 * guest kernel works like a bare metal kernel with additional
+	 * features, and paravirt_enabled is about features that are
+	 * missing.
+	 */
+	pv_info.paravirt_enabled = 0;
 
 	if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_NOP_IO_DELAY))
 		pv_cpu_ops.io_delay = kvm_io_delay;
diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
index 0bf3467d7f30fb75cd1433ea79f3786bead85694..42caaef897c86987a75796c1b6edea79d7f164cb 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/kvmclock.c
@@ -261,7 +261,6 @@ void __init kvmclock_init(void)
 #endif
 	kvm_get_preset_lpj();
 	clocksource_register_hz(&kvm_clock, NSEC_PER_SEC);
-	pv_info.paravirt_enabled = 1;
 	pv_info.name = "KVM";
 
 	if (kvm_para_has_feature(KVM_FEATURE_CLOCKSOURCE_STABLE_BIT))